Wild Grass
Author: Johnson, Ian
ISBN: 9780141996233
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 21mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A compelling history of Chinese resistance to state oppression, told through the stories of three remarkable individuals
In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the desire for change percolating up from below and the ossified political structure above. He recounts the stories of three ordinary people who find themselves finding oppression and government corruption, risking imprisonment and even death. A young architecture student, a bereaved daughter, and a peasant legal clerk are the unlikely heroes of these stories, private citizens cast by unexpected circumstances into surprising roles.
ISBN: 9780141996233
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 21mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A compelling history of Chinese resistance to state oppression, told through the stories of three remarkable individuals
In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the desire for change percolating up from below and the ossified political structure above. He recounts the stories of three ordinary people who find themselves finding oppression and government corruption, risking imprisonment and even death. A young architecture student, a bereaved daughter, and a peasant legal clerk are the unlikely heroes of these stories, private citizens cast by unexpected circumstances into surprising roles.
