Red dust : a path through China
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Red dust : a path through China
AUTHOR:
Ma, Jian, 1953-
Drew, Flora.
ISBN:
9780099283294
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Vintage, 2014.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
324 p. : maps ; 20 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2001.
ABSTRACT:
In 1983, the author turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. With his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, he was under surveillance from his work unit and the police, as Deng Xiaoping clamped down on 'Spiritual Pollution'. This book tells his story.
PERSONAL_SUBJECT:
GEOGRAPHIC_TERM:
LANGUAGE_546:
Translated from the Chinese.
SUBJECT:
| China -- Description and travel. |
| Ma, Jian, 1953- -- Travel -- China. |
BIBSUMMARY:
In 1983, the author turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. With his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, he was under surveillance from his work unit and the police, as Deng Xiaoping clamped down on 'Spiritual Pollution'. This book tells his story.