Xinran Xue

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A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China Ungekürzte Lesung. 784 Min.

Sprecher: Loh, Daniel York; Yu, Crystal

Beschreibung

Bloomsbury presents The Book of Secrets by Xinran Xue, read by Daniel York Loh and Crystal Yu. 'An extraordinary firsthand account of Communist Party machinery at its most brutal and paranoid' --Sunday Telegraph Picked as Hilary Spurling's Book of the Year in The Spectator. The spellbinding story of the secret life of a spy in modern China, drawn from an extraordinary archive of personal diaries and letters. Following the lives of military intelligence officer Jie and his wife Moon, The Book of Secrets weaves recently found material into a narrative that not only illuminates the shadowy world of intelligence in China, but also the emotional tragedies that political extremism inflicted on those working within. Drawing on Jie's own vivid biography of his youth, Xinran pieces together his trajectory as he joins the great hope of the Chinese young – the Communist Party – and becomes a loyal cadre until the late 1970s when, as a chief in the security forces, he makes a decision that will poison his family against him. This is a totally unique behind-the-scenes account of a family torn apart by the Tiananmen Square massacre and the attempts of Jie to finally open up the Chinese system to the people, pieced together from an extraordinary archive of personal diaries and letters.

Autor

Xinran is a British-Chinese author, journalist and activist. She was the host of a pioneering Chinese radio show ‘Words on the Night Breeze’, which invited women to discuss their issues live on air. Her first book, The Good Women of China (2002), recounted some of these stories and has been translated into over 30 languages and became an international bestseller. Her book The Promise was shortlisted for the society of Authors Translation Prize.In August 2004, Xinran set up 'The Mothers' Bridge of Love' (MBL), which reaches out to Chinese children in all corners of the world. By creating a bridge of understanding between China and the West and between adoptive culture and birth culture, MBL ultimately wants to help bridge the huge poverty gap that still exists in many parts of China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781399406659
• Artikelnr.: 70166749

Rezensionen

The Book of Secrets [is] a particularly rare thing: a candid, insider account showing just how much the party knew and how much it covered up.