The barefoot lawyer : the remarkable memoir of China's bravest political activist
Chen, Guangcheng2015
Books, Manuscripts
It was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China's most famous political activist - a blind, self-taught lawyer - climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. For days, his whereabouts remained unknown; after he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, a furious round of high-level negotiations finally led to his release and a new life in the United States. Both a riveting memoir and a revealing portrait of modern China, this book tells the story of a man who has never accepted limits and always believed in the power of the human spirit.
Main title:
Author:
Chen, Guangcheng, author
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2015.London : Macmillan, 2015.
Collation:
xiv, 330 pages : illustration (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.Originally published: New York: Henry Holt and Company.
ISBN:
9781447243847 (hbk)
Dewey class:
951.061092951.061092 CHE951.061092CHE951.061
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1489545