"China Witness" is an extraordinary work of oral history that
illuminates the diverse ways in which the Chinese perceive and
understand their own history.
Xinran, the acclaimed author of "The Good Women of China" and "Sky
Burial," traveled across China in 2005 and 2006, seeking out the
nation's grandparents and great-grandparents, the men and women who
have experienced, firsthand, the vast changes of the modern era. In
cities and remote villages, Xinran spoke with members of these
generations from all tiers of society, interviewing them for the
first and perhaps the last time. Although many of them feared
repercussions for speaking freely, they spoke to Xinran with
stunning candor about their hopes, fears, and struggles, and about
what they have witnessed: from the Long March to land reform, from
Mao to marriage, from revolution to Westernization. While the West
has commonly viewed the last one hundred years in China through the
single narrative lens of Mao's rise and rule, the experience of
this same period for the Chinese themselves has been infinitely
more complex.
In the same way that Studs Terkel's "Working" and Tom Brokaw's "The
Greatest Generation" gave us the essence of very particular times,
"China Witness" gives us the essence of modern China-a portrait
more intimate, nuanced, and revelatory than any we have had before.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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