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Red Dust: A Path Through China
by

Ma Jian

Meredith's review

Jan 15, 2009

really liked it

bookshelves: asian-literature, china, memoir, reviewed, cultural-revolution, library

A candid glimpse into post-Cultural-Revolution China. Unfortunately, the English translation could have used a better copy editor.

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“I will not let a political party tell me how to live, when to die or what to believe in. Our souls are linked to the universe, but we can never see heaven, because our flesh ties us to the earth and the people around us. But when the people around you have lost their will to be free, then earth becomes a hell.”
― Ma Jian, Red Dust: A Path Through China

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