The Barefoot Lawyer : The Remarkable Memoir of China’s Bravest Political Activist Paperback / softback
by Chen Guangcheng
Paperback / softback
Description
It was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China’s most famous political activist—a blind, self-taught lawyer—climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped.
For days, his whereabouts remained unknown; after he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, a furious round of high-level negotiations finally led to his release and a new life in the United States. Chen Guangcheng is a unique figure on the world stage, but his story is even more remarkable than we knew.
The son of a poor farmer in rural China, blinded by illness when he was an infant, Chen was fortunate to survive a difficult childhood.
But despite his disability, he was determined to educate himself and fight for the rights of his country’s poor, especially a legion of women who had endured forced sterilizations under the hated 'one child' policy.
Repeatedly harassed, beaten, and imprisoned by Chinese authorities, Chen was ultimately placed under house arrest.
After a year of fruitless protest and increasing danger, he evaded his captors and fled to freedom. Both a riveting memoir and a revealing portrait of modern China, this passionate book tells the story of a man who has never accepted limits and always believed in the power of the human spirit to overcome any obstacle.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:05/05/2016
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- ISBN:9781447268826
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:05/05/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781447268826
