Bibliograph

No wall too high, one man's extraordinary escape from Mao's infamous labour camps, Xu Hongci ; translated and edited by Erling Hoh

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No wall too high, one man's extraordinary escape from Mao's infamous labour camps, Xu Hongci ; translated and edited by Erling Hoh

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

portraitsplatesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

No wall too high

Responsibility statement

Xu Hongci ; translated and edited by Erling Hoh

Sub title

one man's extraordinary escape from Mao's infamous labour camps

Summary

Xu Hongci's remarkable memoir recounts his life from childhood through his final prison break. After discovering his story in a Hong Kong library, the journalist Erling Hoh tracked down the original manuscript and complied this condensed translation, which includes background on this turbulent period, an epilogue that follows Xu Hongci up to his death, and Xu Hongci's own drawings and maps. Both a historical narrative and an exhilarating prison break thriller, No Wall Too High tells the unique story of a man who insisted on freedom -- even under the most treacherous circumstances

Target audience

adult

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