At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China
Author: Edward Wong
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 9781788162654
Page: 450 m/s
Year: 2024
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'Astonishing... A humane, moving story against a massive canvas of China's rise to power'
Rana Mitter, author of China's Good War
'Brings it all vividly to life in a way no other book on China has'
Barbara Demick, author of Eat the Buddha and Nothing to Envy
'Utterly gripping and original...an unforgettable account of the country's recent past and present'
Julia Lovell, author of Maoism
'Exquisite ... Anyone who once was absorbed by the power of Wild Swans will savour this meditation on memory, history and belonging'
Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition
'In the age of the instant expert, Edward Wong is the real thing'
Edward Luce, author of The Retreat of Western Liberalism