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No wall too high : one man's extraordinary escape from Mao's infamous labour camps / Xu Hongci ; translated and edited by Erling Hoh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Chinese Publication details: London : Rider, 2017Description: xvi, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781846044960
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 951.05 23
Other classification:
  • Lz Xu, Hongci
  • Koea.55
Summary: Xu Hongci's 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 complied this condensed translation, which includes background on this turbulent period, an epilogue that follows Xu Hongci up to his dealth, and Xu Hongci's 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 freedom -- even under the most treacherous circumstances.
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Bok Västerås huvudbibliotek Eng biografier Västerås huvudbibliotek Utländska språk Lz Xu, Hongci Available 89090693126
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Xu Hongci's 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 complied this condensed translation, which includes background on this turbulent period, an epilogue that follows Xu Hongci up to his dealth, and Xu Hongci's 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 freedom -- even under the most treacherous circumstances.