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by
Ma Bo (Author),
Howard Goldblatt (Translator)

A searing first hand account of China’s Cultural Revolution that joins the ranks of great memoirs such as Life and Death in Shanghai, Wild Swans and A Chinese Odyssey

First banned in its native land, this earthy, unflinching memoir has become one of the biggest bestsellers in the history of 1968, a fervent young Red Guard joined the army of hotheaded adolescents who trekked to Inner Mongolia to spread the Cultural Revolution. After gaining a reputation as a brutal abuser of the local herd owners and nomads, Ma Bo casually criticized a Party Leader. Denounced as an “active counterrevolutionary” and betrayed by his friends, the idealistic youth was brutally beaten and with passion, never doctrinaire, Blood Red Sunset is a startlingly vivid and personal narrative that opens a window on the psyche of totalitarian excess that no other work of history can provide. This is a tale of ideology and disillusionment, a powerful work of political and literary importance.”A deceptively straightforward story carried forward by deep currents of insight.”–The Washington Post“A genuine, no-holds-barred, unadorned piece of the realities of contemporary China.”–Liu Binyan, The New York Times Book ReviewNumber of Pages: 384Dimensions: 0.88 x 7.78 x 5.18 INPublication Date: July 01, 1996