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Thorny Road to Dignity - Surviving Mao: A Chinese Psychiatrist Embraces a Miracle in America (Hardcover) Loot Price: R628
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Thorny Road to Dignity - Surviving Mao: A Chinese Psychiatrist Embraces a Miracle in America (Hardcover): Zhong Y Liu

Thorny Road to Dignity - Surviving Mao: A Chinese Psychiatrist Embraces a Miracle in America (Hardcover)

Zhong Y Liu

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The author had a strong bond with American establishments, where he had all his education in China before 1949 revolution. This cost him an enduring ordeal as he had been ostracized into countryside to embark on primary farming labor and health services. Firmly believing his fate would change after Mao, he never ceased preparing for just that by learning foreign languages and new medical developments in countryside. Surely enough he had it after Mao's death when he resumed teaching job in a medical school, where he often served the English interpreter for American visiting professors. Surprised by his fluency in English and updated medical knowledge, they sponsored him to visit America as he had dreamed. But a miracle burst out. arrival. After experiencing a host of cultural shocks and retraining he settled in well and proved himself not only a competent psychiatrist, board certified, but also a successful bilingual literary writer. How come? Dr. Liu acknowledges his family, especially his wife, had given him unlimited strength to endure the hardest time, as depicted in his touching poem on an elegant scroll shown on the book cover.

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Imprint: Iuniverse, Inc.
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2004
First published: July 2004
Authors: Zhong Y Liu
Dimensions: 225 x 171 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 978-0-595-66453-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering
Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN: 0-595-66453-9
Barcode: 9780595664535

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