Description: In a startlingly vivid, strangely objective, personal narrative, Ma Bo, who was denounced as an "active counterrevolutionary" in 1968, opens a window on the Chinese psyche that no work of history can provide, telling a passionate tale of a humanity that survives against all odds--a tale of ideology and disillusionment that will speak to all readers.
Review Quotes: "A huge bestseller in China, this richly detailed record is told with raw narrative power. " -- Publishers Weekly
"...does so with searing honesty and the power of his pugnacious personality." -- Los Angeles Times "A deceptively straightforward story carried forward by deep currents of insight."--The Washington Post "A genuine, no-holds-barred, unadorned piece of writing...echoing the realities of contemporary China."--Liu Binyan, The New York Times Book Review