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The book of secrets = a personal history of betrayal in Red China /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The book of secrets/ Xinran ; translated by Will Spence.
Reminder of title:	a personal history of betrayal in Red China /
Author:	Xinran,
other author:	Spence, Will.
Published:	London :Bloomsbury Continuum, : 2024.,
Description:	1 online resource (320 p.) :ill. :
Notes:	Translated from the Chinese.
Subject:	1900-1999 -
Subject:	Families - History - 20th century. - China -
Subject:	China -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.5040/9781399406703?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
ISBN:	9781399406703

The book of secrets = a personal history of betrayal in Red China /
Xinran,1958-

The book of secretsa personal history of betrayal in Red China /[electronic resource] :Xinran ; translated by Will Spence. - London :Bloomsbury Continuum,2024. - 1 online resource (320 p.) :ill.

Translated from the Chinese.

Foreword: Words on the night breeze -- Snow's story -- Xinran, December 2018 -- Part one: The tapes -- 1. A family fragmented by the chaos of war -- 2. Tsinghua, an awakening of love and faith -- 3. Questions of career and faith -- Note, Xinran -- Part two: Jie's letters to his wife Moon -- 4. 1951-4, Fantasy and romance -- 5. 1954-7, Confusion and disruption -- 6. 1957-66, Betrayal and adversity -- 7. 1976-2009, Resurrection and death -- 2010-17, The final messages -- Afterword, Xinran.

"The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to today. Following the lives of military intelligence officer Jie and his wife Moon, The Book of Secrets weaves recently found material into a narrative that not only illuminates the shadowy world of intelligence in China, but also the emotional tragedies that political extremism inflicted on those working within. Drawing on Jie's own vivid biography of his youth, Xinran pieces together his trajectory as he joins the great hope of the Chinese young - the Communist Party - and becomes a loyal cadre until the late 1970s when, as a chief in the security forces, he makes a decision that will poison his family against him. This is a totally unique behind-the-scenes account of a family torn apart by the Tiananmen Square massacre and the attempts of Jie to finally open upthe Chinese system to the people, pieced together from an extraordinary archive of personal diaries and letters" --

Translated from the Chinese.

ISBN: 9781399406703Subjects--Chronological Terms:

1900-1999
Subjects--Topical Terms:

1498157
Families
--History--China--20th century.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

714969
China
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS778.7 / .X56 2024eb

Dewey Class. No.: 951.05/60922

The book of secrets = a personal history of betrayal in Red China /
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