The barefoot lawyer : the remarkable memoir of China's bravest political activist
Chen, Guangcheng2016
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It was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China's most famous political activist - a blind, self-taught lawyer - climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. For days, his whereabouts remained unknown; after he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, a furious round of high-level negotiations finally led to his release and a new life in the United States. Both a riveting memoir and a revealing portrait of modern China, this book tells the story of a man who has never accepted limits and always believed in the power of the human spirit.
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Author:
Chen, Guangcheng, author
Imprint:
London : Pan Books, 2016.
Collation:
xvi, 330 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2015.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781447268826 (pbk)
Dewey class:
951'.061'092
Language:
English
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BRN:
27678
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