Xinran Xue

The Book of Secrets

A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China

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Produktbeschreibung

The spellbinding story of the secret life of a spy in modern China, drawn from an extraordinary archive of personal diaries and letters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm
• ISBN-13: 9781399406697
• ISBN-10: 1399406698
• Artikelnr.: 72209900

Autorenporträt

Xinran is a British-Chinese author, journalist and activist. Her first book, The Good Women of China (2002) became an international bestseller and The Promise was shortlisted for the Society of Authors Translation Prize. In August 2004 Xinran set up 'The Mothers' Bridge of Love' (MBL), which reaches out to Chinese children all over the world. By creating a bridge of understanding between China and the West, MBL ultimately wants to help bridge the huge poverty gap that still exists in China.

Inhaltsangabe

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
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
8 2010-17 - The Final Messages
Afterword - Xinran
Acknowledgements
Index

Rezensionen

The Book of Secrets [is] a particularly rare thing: a candid, insider account showing just how much the party knew and how much it covered up.