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Blood Letters

by Lian Xi
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The staggering story of the most important Chinese political dissident of the Mao era, a devout Christian who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the regime
Blood Letters tells the astonishing tale of Lin Zhao, a poet and journalist arrested by the authorities in 1960 and executed eight years later, at the height of the Cultural Revolution. The only Chinese citizen known to have openly and steadfastly opposed communism under Mao, she rooted her dissent in her Christian faith — and expressed it in long, prophetic writings done in her own blood, and at times on her clothes and on cloth torn from her bedsheets.
Miraculously, Lin Zhao's prison writings survived, though they have only recently come to light. Drawing on these works and others from the years before her arrest, as well as interviews with her friends, her classmates, and other former political prisoners, Lian Xi paints an indelible portrait of courage and faith in the face of unrelenting evil.
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Publisher: Basic Books

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  • Release date: March 20, 2018

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  • ISBN: 9781541644229
  • File size: 14760 KB
  • Release date: March 20, 2018

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  • ISBN: 9781541644229
  • File size: 20795 KB
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The staggering story of the most important Chinese political dissident of the Mao era, a devout Christian who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the regime
Blood Letters tells the astonishing tale of Lin Zhao, a poet and journalist arrested by the authorities in 1960 and executed eight years later, at the height of the Cultural Revolution. The only Chinese citizen known to have openly and steadfastly opposed communism under Mao, she rooted her dissent in her Christian faith — and expressed it in long, prophetic writings done in her own blood, and at times on her clothes and on cloth torn from her bedsheets.
Miraculously, Lin Zhao's prison writings survived, though they have only recently come to light. Drawing on these works and others from the years before her arrest, as well as interviews with her friends, her classmates, and other former political prisoners, Lian Xi paints an indelible portrait of courage and faith in the face of unrelenting evil.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Religion & Spirituality Nonfiction
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    Publisher:
    Basic Books

    Kindle Book
    Release date: March 20, 2018

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781541644229
    File size: 14760 KB
    Release date: March 20, 2018

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781541644229
    File size: 20795 KB
    Release date: March 20, 2018

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