Tombstone

The Untold Story of Mao's Great Famine

By (author) : Yang Jisheng
Edited by : Edward Friedman
Translated by : Guo Jian, Stacy Mosher
Publishers: Penguin Books Ltd
Print Format: Paperback

Quantity

+

-

Original Price

17.99 GBP

736.55 TL

Add to Cart

Free Shipping!

The books will be supplied and delivered to you within average 28 days without any additional costs such as customs tax and shipping costs.

More people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold, until now. Still banned in China, this title draws on the author's privileged access to official and unofficial sources to uncover the full human cost of the tragedy, and create an unprecedented work of historical reckoning.

Reviews

Tombstone is not just a history but a political sensation ... rich with details ... there is no doubting Yang Jisheng's immense political courage in compiling and writing it ... His book is not just a tombstone for his father and other famine victims, but for the reputation of the Communist party's leadership at a time when they should have acted

Read More Read Less

Title	Tombstone
By (author)	Yang Jisheng
Edited by	Edward Friedman
Translated by	Guo Jian, Stacy Mosher
Publishers	Penguin Books Ltd
Language of text	English
Original language of a translated text	Chinese
ISBN	9780241956984
Product Form	Paperback
Height	199 mm
Width	133 mm
Thickness	28 mm
Unit weight	446 gr