The cowshed

Description:

In contemporary China, the Cultural Revolution remains a delicate topic, little discussed, but if a Chinese citizen has read one book on the subject, it is likely to be Ji's memoir. When The Cowshed was published in China in 1998, it quickly became a bestseller. The Cultural Revolution had nearly disappeared from the collective memory. Prominent intellectuals rarely spoke openly about the revolution, and books on the subject were almost nonexistent. By the time of Ji's death in 2009, little had changed, and despite its popularity, The Cowshed remains one of the only testimonies of its kind.

subjects: Intellectual life,  Personal narratives,  Scholars,  Biography,  History,  China, biography,  China, history, cultural revolution, 1966-1969,  China, intellectual life, 1949-,  Savants,  Biographies,  Récits personnels,  Histoire,  Vie intellectuelle,  Intellektueller,  Kulturrevolution,  Kulturrevolutionen, Kina, 1966-1976,  Intellektuellt liv,  China,  Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976) fast (OCoLC)fst01352662,  Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01352662

People: Xianlin Ji (1911-2009)

Places: China

Times: Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976,  1949-1976