From Xu Hongci, an enthralling true-life story about a daring escape from one of Mao Zedong's prisons.
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"To understand the deepest source of China's rise, read Xu Hongci's astonishing epic, a tale of ingenuity, bravery, and, most importantly, unshakable determination."
— Evan Osnos, National Book Award-winning author of Age of Ambition
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Xu Hongci, a young medical student, was sent to Mao Zedong’s labor reform camps in 1957. After three failed escape attempts, Xu broke out of a prison near the Burmese border in 1972. He eventually married and settled into a new life, until he was able to return home after Mao’s death.
Erling Hoh is a journalist and translator of Swedish and Chinese descent. He lives in Sweden.
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