Wild Grass

China's Revolution from Below

Ian Johnson

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English

Penguin
02 November 2021

History; Asian history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Political activism

A compelling history of Chinese resistance to state oppression, told through the stories of three remarkable individuals

In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the desire for change percolating up from below and the ossified political structure above. He recounts the stories of three ordinary people who find themselves finding oppression and government corruption, risking imprisonment and even death. A young architecture student, a bereaved daughter, and a peasant legal clerk are the unlikely heroes of these stories, private citizens cast by unexpected circumstances into surprising roles.

By: Ian Johnson
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9780141996233
ISBN 10: 0141996234
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 02 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer based in Berlin. He spent more than twenty years in China, first as a student and then as a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the New York Review of Books. He is the author of two other books that also focus on the intersection of politics and religion- The Souls of China- The Return of Religion After Mao, and A Mosque in Munich- Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West.

Reviews for Wild Grass: China's Revolution from Below

Illuminating ... Johnson has not only lifted a corner of the curtain which covers China's reality beyond its glittering eastern cities; he has drawn the whole curtain. * The Times Literary Supplement * A gripping tale. * Washington Post * A captivating and an important study of what is happening on the ground in China today. * The News Tribune *