Come Watch the Sun Go Home: A Memoir of Upheaval and Revolution in China [Paperback]

Chen Chen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 23, 1999

The Chens were classified as "national bourgeois" following the Communist takeover and endured the cataclysmic violence of the Cultural Revolution - separation, imprisonment, internal exile, and "re-education" in the "cadre schools" designed for ideological criminals. Come Watch the Sun Go Home powerfully evokes the viciousness and absurdity of a society in thrall to totalitarian hysteria.

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About the Author

Chen Chen is a pseudonym required for the author's safety and that of her family in China. She has written extensively on China in English and Chinese.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Marlowe & Company (August 23, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569246807
• ISBN-13: 978-1569246801
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,451,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars China's life and Cultural Revolution, July 10, 2005

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L. Colten "Alnetloc" (Kentucky, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come Watch the Sun Go Home: A Memoir of Upheaval and Revolution in China (Paperback)

This book is a moving and important read! While the first 3rd of the book moves slow, with no real compeling story line, it provides incredible insight into the minutia of everyday life in China and the social, political, and cultural forces that influenced recent history there. Government control of property, freedom of speech, government deportations to work camps, and other humiliations, are stark reminders of the freedoms we need to protect in this country. In this country, with 100's of people currently being held, after 9/11, with no charges and no due process, and with the press being challenged in the courts, and propaganda routinely being spewed by our government, this book is a must read, and an important reminder of what is good in this country and what we must continually be vigilant to protect against.