Life and Death in Shanghai
by Nien Cheng
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394555481
- ISBN 13
- 9780394555485
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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Synopsis
Life and Death in Shanghai is an autobiography published in November 1987 by Nien Cheng from exile in the United States which details Cheng's six-year imprisonment during the Cultural Revolution. The book tells the story of Cheng's arrest during the first days of the Cultural Revolution, her imprisonment, release, persecution, efforts to leave China, and early life in exile. Cheng was arrested in late 1966 after Red Guards looted her home.
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- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85992
- Title
- Life and Death in Shanghai
- Author
- Nien Cheng
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394555481
- ISBN 13
- 9780394555485
- Publisher
- Grove Pr
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- May 1987
- Pages
- 547
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