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Red Dust: A Path Through China

by Ma Jian

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ISBN13: 9780385720236
ISBN10: 0385720238
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In 1983, at the age of thirty, dissident artist Ma Jian finds himself divorced by his wife, separated from his daughter, betrayed by his girlfriend, facing arrest for “Spiritual Pollution,” and severely disillusioned with the confines of life in Beijing. So with little more than a change of clothes and two bars of soap, Ma takes off to immerse himself in the remotest parts of China. His journey would last three years and take him through smog-choked cities and mountain villages, from scenes of barbarity to havens of tranquility. Remarkably written and subtly moving, the result is an insight into the teeming contradictions of China that only a man who was both insider and outsider in his own country could have written.

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A uniquely magnetic work of travel writing, "Red Dust" is one of the most intimate portraits of modern China to reach Western readers. In this unforgettable travelogue, Jian pays tribute to this incredible landscape while offering an invigorating meditation on the universal questions of love, truth, and freedom. Illustrations.

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Ma Jian was born in 1953 in Qingdao, China. He currently lives in London.

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Insightful and comprehensive journey into the world of contemporary China, written from a dissident yet balanced sociopolitical point of view.
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ISBN:
9780385720236
Author:
Jian, Ma
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Author:
Ma, Jian
Location:
New York
Subject:
China
Subject:
Asia - China
Subject:
Description and travel
Subject:
Essays & Travelogues
Subject:
Travel
Subject:
China Description and travel.
Subject:
Ma, Jian - Travel - China
Subject:
Travel -- China.
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Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
no. 81-22
Publication Date:
20021131
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TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
8.03x5.15x.70 in. .70 lbs.

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