{"product_id":"blood-red-sunset","title":"Blood Red Sunset - A Memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eA searing first hand account of China's Cultural Revolution that joins the ranks of great memoirs such as\u003ci\u003e Life and Death in Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWild Swans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Chinese Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst banned in its native land, this earthy, unflinching memoir has become one of the biggest bestsellers in the history of China.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In 1968, a fervent young Red Guard joined the army of hotheaded adolescents who trekked to Inner Mongolia to spread the Cultural Revolution. After gaining a reputation as a brutal abuser of the local herd owners and nomads, Ma Bo casually criticized a Party Leader. Denounced as an “active counterrevolutionary” and betrayed by his friends, the idealistic youth was brutally beaten and imprisoned.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Charged with passion, never doctrinaire, \u003ci\u003eBlood Red Sunset\u003c\/i\u003e is a startlingly vivid and personal narrative that opens a window on the psyche of totalitarian excess that no other work of history can provide. This is a tale of ideology and disillusionment, a powerful work of political and literary importance.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A deceptively straightforward story carried forward by deep currents of insight.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A genuine, no-holds-barred, unadorned piece of writing…echoing the realities of contemporary China.”—Liu Binyan, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50947648094496,"sku":"9780140159424","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780140159424.jpg?v=1763590411","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/blood-red-sunset","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}