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Bullets and opium : real-life stories of China after the Tiananmen Square Massacre / Liao Yiwu ; translated by David Cowhig, Jessie Cowhig, and Ross Perlin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German, Chinese Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2019Edition: First Atria books hardcover editionDescription: 312 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982126643
  • 1982126647
Other title:
  • Real-life stories of China after the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Uniform titles:
  • Kugel und das Opium. English
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction / by Ian Johnson -- Prologue: "All you want is money! All I want is revolution!" -- Part 1. Beijing -- The performance artist -- The massacre painter -- The idealist -- The arsonists -- The captain -- The squad leader -- The street fighter -- The hooligan -- The prisoner of conscience -- Part 2. Sichuan -- The animal tamer -- The accomplice -- The poet -- The prisoners -- The author -- Afterword: The last moments of Liu Xiaobo -- Appendix one. A guide to what really happened -- Appendix two. List of 202 people killed in the massacre -- Appendix three. List of 49 wounded or disabled in the massacre.
Summary: "From the award-winning poet, dissident, and "one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our time" (Philip Gourevitch) comes a raw, evocative, and unforgettable look at the Tiananmen Square massacre through the eyes of those who were there."--Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 951.058 L693 Available 33111009531209
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Moving...a memorable series of portraits of the working-class people who defended Tiananmen Square." -- The New York Review of Books

"A series of harrowing, unforgettable tales...Had [Liao Yiwu] not fled the country in 2011, they may never have emerged. An indispensable historical document." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Liao Yiwu's searing account of what happened in Beijing on June 4, 1989, and its lasting impact, doggedly collected from witnesses, demands attention." -- South China Morning Post

From the award-winning poet, dissident, and "one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our time" (Philip Gourevitch) comes a raw, evocative, and unforgettable look at the Tiananmen Square massacre through the eyes of those who were there.

For over seven years, Liao Yiwu--a master of contemporary Chinese literature, imprisoned and persecuted as a counter-revolutionary until he fled the country in 2011--secretly interviewed survivors of the devastating 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Tortured, imprisoned, and forced into silence and the margins of Chinese society for thirty years, their harrowing stories are now finally revealed in this gripping and masterful work of investigative journalism.

"Originally published: Die Kugel und das Opium : Leben und Tod am Platz des Himmlischen Friedens. Germany : Fischer, 2012.

"Translated from the Chinese by David and Jessie Cowhig and Ross Perlin."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / by Ian Johnson -- Prologue: "All you want is money! All I want is revolution!" -- Part 1. Beijing -- The performance artist -- The massacre painter -- The idealist -- The arsonists -- The captain -- The squad leader -- The street fighter -- The hooligan -- The prisoner of conscience -- Part 2. Sichuan -- The animal tamer -- The accomplice -- The poet -- The prisoners -- The author -- Afterword: The last moments of Liu Xiaobo -- Appendix one. A guide to what really happened -- Appendix two. List of 202 people killed in the massacre -- Appendix three. List of 49 wounded or disabled in the massacre.

"From the award-winning poet, dissident, and "one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our time" (Philip Gourevitch) comes a raw, evocative, and unforgettable look at the Tiananmen Square massacre through the eyes of those who were there."--Provided by publisher.

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