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Xu, Hongci, 1933-
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Political prisoners -- China.
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China -- History.
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Xu, Hongci, 1933-
Xu, Hongci, 1933-
Political prisoners -- China.
Escapes -- China.
China -- History.
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No wall too high : one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison / Xu Hongci ; translated from the Chinese and edited by Erling Hoh.
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Xu, Hongci, 1933-
Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2017.
Call #:
951.05 X8n
Subjects
Xu, Hongci, 1933-
Political prisoners -- China.
Escapes -- China.
China -- History.
ISBN:
9780374212629 (hc)
0374212627 (hc)
Uniform title:
Chong chu lao gai ying. English
Alternate title:
One man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison
Chong chu lao gai ying.
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvi, 314 p., [8] pages of plates : ill. (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Translation of. Chong chu lao gai ying.
Translated from the Chinese.
Contents:
Map: Xu Hongci's escape routes -- How this book came to be -- The French will protect us (1933-1945) -- A heart is always red (1945-1949) -- In cold blood (1950-1951) -- I saw the Chairman (1952-1953) -- Khrushchev's secret speech (1954-1056) -- Not of this world (1956) -- A breath of fresh air (1957) -- Rip him to pieces (July 1957-April 1958) -- The forgotten archipelago (April-December 1958) -- Escape (December 1958-February 1959) -- On the brink of freedom (February-April 1959) -- Fiddlehead congee (1959-1960) -- Angel of death (1960-1961) -- How to bore a blast hole (1963-1965) -- No way home (1965-1966) -- The price of truth (1966) -- Hell's gate (1966-1968) -- Inferno (1968-1969) -- The art of war (1969-1972) -- Endgame (August 6-September 10, 1972) -- Epilogue -- Final thoughts -- Appendix 1: A foul wind in the Department of Medicine -- Appendix 2: A rightist pawn attacks the Party.
Summary:
"Originally published in Hong Kong, Xu Hongci's remarkable memoir recounts his life from childhood through his final prison break. After discovering his story in a Hong Kong library, the journalist Erling Hoh tracked down the original manuscript and complied this condensed translation, which includes background on this turbulent period, an epilogue that follows Xu Hongci up to his death, and Xu Hongci's own drawings and maps. Both a historical narrative and an exhilarating prison break thriller, No Wall Too High tells the unique story of a man who insisted on freedom -- even under the most treacherous circumstances."--Dust jacket.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Other authors:
Hoh, Erling
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