No wall too high : one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison
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New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
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Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library - Adult Biography
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Published
New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 314 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Citation/References
Booklist,,December 15, 2016
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Library Journal,,December 01, 2016
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Publishers Weekly,,November 14, 2016
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Kirkus Reviews,,November 01, 2016
Description
"It was impossible. All of China was a prison in those days." Mao Zedongs labor reform camps, known as the laogai , were notoriously brutal. Modeled on the Soviet Gulag, they subjected their inmates to backbreaking labor, malnutrition, and vindictive wardens. They were thought to be impossible to escapebut one man did. Xu Hongci was a bright young student at the Shanghai No. 1 Medical College, spending his days studying to be a professor and going to the movies with his girlfriend. He was also an idealistic and loyal member of the Communist Party and was generally liked and well respected. But when Mao delivered his famous February 1957 speech inviting a hundred schools of thought [to] contend, an earnest Xu Hongci responded by posting a criticism of the partya near-fatal misstep. He soon found himself a victim of the Anti-Rightist Campaign, condemned to spend the next fourteen years in the laogai . Xu Hongci became one of the roughly 550,000 Chinese unjustly imprisoned after the spring of 1957, and despite the horrific conditions and terrible odds, he was determined to escape. He failed three times before finally succeeding, in 1972, in what was an amazing and arduous triumph. Originally published in Hong Kong, Xu Hongcis remarkable memoir recounts his life from childhood through his final prison break. After discovering his story in a Hong Kong library, the journalist Erling Hoh tracked down the original manuscript and compiled this condensed translation, which includes background on this turbulent period, an epilogue that follows Xu Hongci up to his death, and Xu Hongcis own drawings and maps. Both a historical narrative and an exhilarating prison-break thriller, No Wall Too High tells the unique story of a man who insisted on freedomeven under the most treacherous circumstances.
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Adult.,Brodart
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Adult.,Brodart
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Xu, H., & Hoh, E. (2017). No wall too high: one man's daring escape from Mao's darkest prison (First edition.). Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Xu, Hongci, 1933-2008 and Erling. Hoh. 2017. No Wall Too High: One Man's Daring Escape From Mao's Darkest Prison. Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Xu, Hongci, 1933-2008 and Erling. Hoh. No Wall Too High: One Man's Daring Escape From Mao's Darkest Prison Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Xu, Hongci, and Erling Hoh. No Wall Too High: One Man's Daring Escape From Mao's Darkest Prison First edition., Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
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