A Boy Of China: In Search Of Mao's Lost Son
by Richard Loseby /
2017 / English / EPUB
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The incredible story of the search for one of Mao's lost children,
set against the extraordinary backdrop of modern China. 'A son is
very important in Chinese society,' he had said. 'To lose one is
careless. The ancestors would be angry.' Intrigued by stories of a
son given away by Mao and his then-wife during the Long March, and
mystified by the ‘official' explanation of the boy's fate
(Whereabouts unknown - No further information available), Richard
Loseby sets out alone across China in search of answers. Tracing
Mao's own revolutionary journey, the author encounters the
extraordinary realities of a new revolution, one that is
transforming an ancient culture into a modern economic powerhouse.
At the heart of the journey is the hunt for an elusive truth about
a brutal and traumatic time in the nation's still raw history. Who
was that abandoned boy? Might he still be alive? Would he even want
to be found? The result is an amazing traveller's tale – revealing,
poignant, funny, sad and unexpected at every turn. A Boy of China
takes the reader on an unforgettable journey that is at once
intimate and epic.
The incredible story of the search for one of Mao's lost children,
set against the extraordinary backdrop of modern China. 'A son is
very important in Chinese society,' he had said. 'To lose one is
careless. The ancestors would be angry.' Intrigued by stories of a
son given away by Mao and his then-wife during the Long March, and
mystified by the ‘official' explanation of the boy's fate
(Whereabouts unknown - No further information available), Richard
Loseby sets out alone across China in search of answers. Tracing
Mao's own revolutionary journey, the author encounters the
extraordinary realities of a new revolution, one that is
transforming an ancient culture into a modern economic powerhouse.
At the heart of the journey is the hunt for an elusive truth about
a brutal and traumatic time in the nation's still raw history. Who
was that abandoned boy? Might he still be alive? Would he even want
to be found? The result is an amazing traveller's tale – revealing,
poignant, funny, sad and unexpected at every turn. A Boy of China
takes the reader on an unforgettable journey that is at once
intimate and epic.