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Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China
出版社： Warner Books (Time Warner Trade Publishing)
書林書號：
20245153
作者：
Kan, Karoline
定價：
945
會員價：
$803
ISBN：
9780316412049
出版年份：
2019
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"A heartfelt introduction into China's recent history -- and a rare firsthand dispatch from its millennial generation....For those seeking to understand the future of China and U.S.-China relations, voices like hers are an essential part of the conversation."―The Wall Street Journal


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"Vivid and humane, Karoline Kan's memoir of coming of age in China is richly revealing and contemporary, shaped both by the pain of history and the hope for the future - at turns bold and vulnerable, like China itself."―Evan Osnos, National Book Award-winning author of Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China and New Yorker staff writer

"At first glance, Karoline Kan's Under Red Skies is a simple coming-of -age story. A young girl from a poor family grows up, goes to university, falls in love and gets her heart broken (repeatedly), and finally triumphs as a journalist. But contained within is a sharply observed critique of all that is dysfunctional in Chinese society. You can learn more about modern China through this compulsively readable memoir than from many weightier tomes."―Barbara Demick, National Book Award finalist and author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

"Karoline Kan's intimate portrait of growing up in contemporary China opens a new window onto a country going through lightning-fast change."―Edward Wong, International Correspondent and Former Beijing Bureau Chief, The New York Times

"Under Red Skies is a beautiful look at the struggles of China's fast-changing society. In Karoline's inspiring and heartfelt stories of her family, she voices how much Chinese people have overcome. This book should be read by people from all corners of the world if they want to know the real story of China."―Xinran, author of The Good Women of China

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"Poignant, humane, and insightful, [Under Red Skies] brings the extraordinary story of the last fifty years in China vividly alive. The Kan family's struggles to survive and prosper through many adversities, largely inflicted on them by government, are a moving testament to the resilience and determination of three generations of women."―Isabel Hilton, OBE, founder of China Dialogue and author of The Search for the Panchen Lama
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