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Winner of the 2023 Cundill History PrizeShortlisted for the 2023 Kirkus Prize in NonfictionShortlisted for the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for NonfictionShortlisted for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding“...a heartbreaking, revelatory evocation of ‘the decade that cleaved modern China in two.’” — Kirkus Reviews°°° An indelible exploration of the invisible scar that runs through the heart of Chinese society & the souls of its citizens."It is impossible to understand China today without understanding the Cultural Revolution," Tania Branigan writes. During this decade of Maoist fanaticism between 1966 & 1976, children turned on parents, students condemned teachers, & as many as two million people died for their supposed political sins, while tens of millions were hounded, ostracized, & imprisoned. Yet in China this brutal & turbulent period exists, for the most part, as an absence; official suppression & personal trauma have conspired in national amnesia.Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation & continues to impact China today, Brani

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Author

Tania Branigan

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781324051954

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Historical Fiction, Science

Rating

3.9 / 5 (42 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14