Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China

Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China

â‚¬Å“A mesmerizing read.... A literary work of high distinction.â‚¬Â â‚¬â€¢William Grimes, New York Times
This â‚¬Å“gripping and poignant memoirâ‚¬Â (New York Times Book Review) draws us into the intersections of everyday life and Communist power from the first days of â‚¬Å“Liberationâ‚¬Â in 1949 through the post-Mao era. The son of a professional family, Kang Zhengguo is a free spirit, drawn to literature. In Maoâ‚¬s China, these innocuous circumstances expose him at age twenty to a fierce struggle session, expulsion from university, and a four-year term of hard labor. So begins his long stay in the prison-camp system. He finally escapes the Chinese gulag by forfeiting his identity: at age twenty-eight he is adopted by an aging bachelor in a peasant village, which enables him to start a new life.

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