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Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship

Denise Chong

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Description:The eagerly-awaited new book by Denise Chong, author of the award-winning, national bestseller, The Concubine’s Children.In her first book in a decade, beloved author Denise Chong, tells the story of a man who humiliated a repressive regime in front of the entire world, and whose daring gesture informs our view of human rights to this day.Despite his family’s impeccable Communist roots, Lu Decheng, a small town bus mechanic, grew up intuiting all that was wrong with Mao’s China. As a young man he believes truth and decency mattered, only to learn that preserving the Chairman’s legacy mattered more. Lu’s story reads like Shakespearean drama, peppered with defiance, love and betrayal. His steadfast refusal to acquiesce comes to a head, but not an end, with his infamous defacing of Mao’s portrait during the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square.From the Hardcover edition.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship. To get started finding Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The eagerly-awaited new book by Denise Chong, author of the award-winning, national bestseller, The Concubine’s Children.In her first book in a decade, beloved author Denise Chong, tells the story of a man who humiliated a repressive regime in front of the entire world, and whose daring gesture informs our view of human rights to this day.Despite his family’s impeccable Communist roots, Lu Decheng, a small town bus mechanic, grew up intuiting all that was wrong with Mao’s China. As a young man he believes truth and decency mattered, only to learn that preserving the Chairman’s legacy mattered more. Lu’s story reads like Shakespearean drama, peppered with defiance, love and betrayal. His steadfast refusal to acquiesce comes to a head, but not an end, with his infamous defacing of Mao’s portrait during the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square.From the Hardcover edition.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship. To get started finding Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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