Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China
Autor Karoline Kanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 mar 2019
Through the stories of three generations of women in her family, Karoline Kan, a formerNew York Timesreporter based in Beijing, reveals how they navigated their way in a country beset by poverty and often-violent political unrest. As the Kans move from quiet villages to crowded towns and through the urban streets of Beijing in search of a better way of life, they are forced to confront the past and break the chains of tradition, especially those forced on women.
Raw and revealing, Karoline Kan offers gripping tales of her grandmother, who struggled to make a way for her family during the Great Famine; of her mother, who defied the One-Child Policy by giving birth to Karoline; of her cousin, a shoe factory worker scraping by on 6 yuan (88 cents) per hour; and of herself, as an ambitious millennial striving to find a job--and true love--during a time rife with bewildering social change.
Under Red Skiesis an engaging eyewitness account and Karoline's quest to understand the rapidly evolving, shifting sands of China. It is the first English-language memoir from a Chinese millennial to be published in America, and a fascinating portrait of an otherwise-hidden world, written from the perspective of those who live there.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316412049
ISBN-10: 031641204X
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 146 x 219 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
ISBN-10: 031641204X
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 146 x 219 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
Notă biografică
Karoline
Kanis
a
formerNew
York
Timesreporter
who
writes
about
millennial
life
and
politics
in
China.
She's
currently
an
editor
atChina
Dialogue.
She
lives
in
Beijing.
Recenzii
"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'sUnder Red Skiesis 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 Skiesis 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
"Karoline Kan'sUnder Red Skiesis an engrossing account of a rapidly changing China seen through the eyes of an imaginative, ambitious young woman... An intimate coming-of-age story, this book should be read by anyone seeking to understand the aspirations and frustrations of young people in China today."—Leta Hong Fincher, author of Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China
"A fascinating memoir about three generations of Chinese women. Whereas classics likeWild Swansend with the Cultural Revolution,Under Red Skiespicks up where Jung Chang leaves off in this look at contemporary Chinese life and history as it changes before our eyes."
—Lijia Zhang, author of Socialism is Great! A Worker's Memoir of The New China
"With her revealing and introspective account of growing up in post-1989 China, Kan fills a void in contemporary literature on the country. While the profound societal shakeup that unfolded during that period has left everyone of her generation with a remarkable story, few have possessed such skill and courage in telling theirs."—Eric Fish, author of Chinas Millennials: The Want Generation
"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
"A remarkable multigenerational memoir that clearly explores 'the real China-its beauty and ugliness, the weird and familiar, the joyful and sad, progressive and backward at the same time.'"—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"At first glance, Karoline Kan'sUnder Red Skiesis 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 Skiesis 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
"Karoline Kan'sUnder Red Skiesis an engrossing account of a rapidly changing China seen through the eyes of an imaginative, ambitious young woman... An intimate coming-of-age story, this book should be read by anyone seeking to understand the aspirations and frustrations of young people in China today."—Leta Hong Fincher, author of Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China
"A fascinating memoir about three generations of Chinese women. Whereas classics likeWild Swansend with the Cultural Revolution,Under Red Skiespicks up where Jung Chang leaves off in this look at contemporary Chinese life and history as it changes before our eyes."
—Lijia Zhang, author of Socialism is Great! A Worker's Memoir of The New China
"With her revealing and introspective account of growing up in post-1989 China, Kan fills a void in contemporary literature on the country. While the profound societal shakeup that unfolded during that period has left everyone of her generation with a remarkable story, few have possessed such skill and courage in telling theirs."—Eric Fish, author of Chinas Millennials: The Want Generation
"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
"A remarkable multigenerational memoir that clearly explores 'the real China-its beauty and ugliness, the weird and familiar, the joyful and sad, progressive and backward at the same time.'"—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)