When Deng Xiaoping s efforts to open up China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the...

When Deng Xiaoping s efforts to open up China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state radio system, she had long wanted to help improve the lives of Chinese women. But when she was given clearance to host a radio call-in show, she barely anticipated the enthusiasm it would quickly generate. Operating within the constraints imposed by government censors, Words on the Night Breeze sparked a tremendous outpouring, and the hours of tape on her answering machines were soon filled every night. Whether angry or muted, posing questions or simply relating experiences, these anonymous women bore witness to decades of civil strife, and of halting attempts at self-understanding in a painfully restrictive society. In this collection, by turns heartrending and inspiring, Xinran brings us the stories that affected her most, and offers a graphically detailed, altogether unprecedented work of oral history."

Author: Xinran
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 11/11/2003
Pages: 243
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.10w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9781400030804


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 03/01/2004 pg. 36

About the Author
Xinran was born in Beijing in 1958. In 1997 she moved to London. This is her first book.


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