memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Edición de la obra The cowshed
| Autor | Xianlin Ji |
|---|---|
| Editorial | New York Review Books |
| Fecha de publicación | 2016 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 188 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781590179260 |
| ISBN-10 | 1590179269 |
| OCLC | 921239878, 921240464 |
| LCCN | 2015017409, 2015035955 |
| Serie | New York review books |
| Número de Cutter | J61c |
In contemporary China, the Cultural Revolution remains a delicate topic, little discussed, but if a Chinese citizen has read one book on the subject, it is likely to be Ji's memoir. When The Cowshed was published in China in 1998, it quickly became a bestseller. The Cultural Revolution had nearly disappeared from the collective memory. Prominent intellectuals rarely spoke openly about the revolution, and books on the subject were almost nonexistent. By the time of Ji's death in 2009, little had changed, and despite its popularity, The Cowshed remains one of the only testimonies of its kind.