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«Ho deciso di scrivere un libro su Mao perché ero affascinata da quest'uomo che ha dominato la mia esistenza in Cina e che ha devastato le vite dei miei connazionali – un quarto della popolazione mondiale. Era malvagio tanto quanto Hitler o Stalin e ha arrecato altrettanto dolore all'umanità, eppure il mondo sa ancora sorprendentemente poco sul suo conto.»
Frutto di dieci anni di lavoro e di ricerche negli archivi di mezzo mondo, tradotta in 34 lingue, venduta in 2 milioni di copie e proibita in Cina, questa biografia, basata su una documentazione importante e su numerose interviste a testimoni diretti, ci restituisce un ritratto inedito di Mao Tse-tung. Ne emerge un uomo completamente estraneo a idealismi o ideologie, ma assetato di potere e indifferente alla sorte della popolazione su cui imperava. Un sovrano assoluto che, per quanto dichiarasse di essere dalla parte del popolo, viveva nel lusso, esercitando il proprio potere con qualsiasi mezzo, compresi la fabbricazione ad arte di menzogne, l'ostracismo, il ricatto, la tortura e l'eliminazione fisica dei suoi oppositori. Dramma storico e dramma privato si intrecciano in queste pagine, in un appassionante percorso oltre il mito, alla ricerca della verità.
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- ISBN: 8850244894
- Casa Editrice: TEA
- Pagine: 972
- Data di uscita: 07-12-2016
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مائو داستان ناشناخته یک کتاب عظیم تقریبا 1000 صفحه ای در مورد مائو بنیانگذار جمهوری خلق چین و یکی از بزرگترین جنایتکاران قرن بیستم می باشد ، نویسندگان این کتاب هر چه صفت منفی در جهان وجود دارد به مائو نسبت داده اند : از دزدی و راه زنی و تجاوز و زن باره گی و انواع و اقسام دسیسه بازی و جنون و علاقه مف Leggi tutto
I was very much looking forward to this highly touted book, as it's widely considered to be the most thorough and in depth study of Mao ever done. It's true, actually. The amount of detail is pretty incredible. The thing that has been turning me off of this book is that it falls victim a little too m Leggi tutto
This isn't balanced biography. This is more like character assassination. It reminded me of the harsh biographical treatment Albert Goldman gave Elvis Presley some years ago. Whatever detail of Mao's life Chang writes about, the negative aspects are emphasized. The facts of his marriages are glued t Leggi tutto
ماو تسي تونغ سيرة ذاتية كتبتها مؤلفة (بجعات برية) يونغ تشانغ بالتعاون مع زوجها البريطاني جون هوليداي، الشعور الذي سيشعر به القارئ حالما يفرغ من الكتاب هو مزيج من عدم التصديق لكل هذا الشر الذي كان يحتويه ماو، وحجم الكوارث التي تسبب بها للصينيين، وشعور آخر بأن المؤلفة بالغت بشكل ما، وجعلت ماو مدركاً ل Leggi tutto
This is a comprehensive hatchet job on the Western myth of Mao's "making of modern China". It should be read by everyone who grew up in the post-war years, with the recurrent fascination our society had with the internal convulsions of the "People's Republic" and its growing influence on its neighbo Leggi tutto
How do I review a book like this? I don't know, because I have decidedly mixed feelings about Mao myself. Jung Chang wrote the amazing "Wild Swans" biography/autobiography, but her voice there falls far short of the voice here. I'll be honest. It's very, very biased. She presents the work as *factua Leggi tutto
I should clarify my review; I majored in Chinese modern history and did my thesis on historical revisionism and historiography of the Nanjing Massacre (from both Chinese and Japanese perspectives). I loved Chang’s book Wild Swans, but too much of this ‘biography’ is filled with personal invective wi Leggi tutto
I think this book is wonderful, it may have flaws but the passion is both true and understandable. It is probably hard for those who did not grow up in the 1960s or 70s to understand just what a commanding figure Mao was, so many reporters, academics, left leaning philosophers, literatures and other Leggi tutto
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