Son of the Revolution

Heng, Liang, and Shapiro, Judith, and Liang, Heng

ISBN 10: 0394722744 / ISBN 13: 9780394722740

Published by Vintage Books USA, 1984

About this Item

Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. SIGNED BY AUTHOR! SC 39 Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author.

Seller Inventory # Alibris.0007494

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Son of the Revolution
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394722744
• ISBN 13: 9780394722740
• Binding: Trade paperback
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

An autobiography of a young Chinese man whose childhood and adolescence were spent in Mao's China during the Cultural Revolution.

About the Author

Liang Heng was born in Changsha, Hunan Province, in 1954, and graduated from the Human Teachers' College in 1981. After his Marriage to Judith Shapiro, he came to the United States, where he earned an M.A. at Columbia University. He is now working quietly to promote intellectual freedom in China

Judith Shapiro works at American University and is on the faculty of the Global Environmental Politics program and directs the Dual Degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRSD) with University for Peace in Costa Rica.