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Ten Years of Madness: Oral Histories of China's Cultural Revolution Paperback – February 13, 2007
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- Print length290 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherChina Books
- Publication dateFebruary 13, 2007
- Dimensions5.25 x 0.66 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-10083512584X
- ISBN-13978-0835125840
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- Publisher : China Books; First Edition (February 13, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 290 pages
- ISBN-10 : 083512584X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0835125840
- Item Weight : 13.3 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.66 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,496,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,575 in Chinese History (Books)
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Customers find the book informative and well-written. They describe it as a good read with varied content about the Cultural Revolution.
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Customers enjoy the narrative quality of the book. They find the stories from the Cultural Revolution excellent, with good anecdotes and histories of the era. The book is informative about Mao's cultural revolution and part of a sociology study.
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2009The stories in this book are truly exceptional. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. So much to learn -- so much has been hidden.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 1998The narratives in this collection of oral histories about the Cultural Revolution are varied , well-ordered, and of a good length. Feng includes victims, perpetrators, "non-participants." Particularly fascinating/ horrifying is the chapter about the infamous #63 torture block. The author also includes some striking, though possibly one-sided, interviews with people born post-1976. Feng himself seems to have a bit of a saviour complex, and his commentary struck me as overdone and interfering - particularly the trite maxims he insists on including after each narrative. He is most interesting in the interview at the end of the book, during which he discusses his methodology and "Documentary Literature".
Chihua Wen's oral histories of children during the Cultural Revolution (The Red Mirror) is less varied, but has a lighter touch, and therefore comes off as more richly poetic. Cheng Jung's Wild Swans is a good companion to these oral history style books, as it offers a detailed and incisive analysis along with its personal story. Ten Years of Madness is a good collection of narratives, but I wish Feng's commentary had been more analytical and less Holy.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2017Good book.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2013This book has a number of insightful Cultural Revolution stories. The stories usually focus on one particular event, and often include what lead up to it as well as the aftermath. If you want someone's story covering a number of years, I recommend Blood Red Sunset or Mr. China's Son: A Villager's Life.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2011This book will educate the reader about how easily people are manipulated.
It's both sickening, and informative, about Mao's cultural revolution, and
how people were convinced that the tortures, beatings, and cruelties they
inflicted on the opposition to Mao, was a good thing.
Read it, and learn. Learn what NOT to become.Ten Years of Madness
- Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2004These are stories collected from interviews the author did with survivors of the Cultural revolution. However, the author is not interested in the tribulation and redemption stoirs commonly published (E.g. Life and Death in Shanghai,Red Azalea). Instead it is more a catalogue of the bizarre, with the author selecting stories that he found uniqe and interesting. Sometimes I also thought that the stories were interesting, but there were several stories where I could not really see the point. The author also inserts a line at the end of each story, I guess to explain each one, but they did not translate well into English and were an annoying distraction.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2010"Ten Years of Madness" is a collection of good anecdotes by various people who witnessed the Cultural Revolution. Most are stories about people and families who have been wronged, although there are a few stories about active participants in the Cultural Revolution. "The Story of a Smile" was particularly interesting. It is a tragedy that caused me to chuckle. The author's commentaries at the ends of each anecdote are trivial and unnecessary. Nevertheless, this is a good read.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2016excellent.