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Title: Looking for Tank Man
Author: Ha Jin
ISBN: 9781635423839
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 368
Publisher Description: <b>A Harvard student from China discovers the fraught, hidden history of the Tiananmen Square massacre in this powerful novel of protest and suppression from the National Book Award-winning author.</b> <p/>When the Chinese premier visits Harvard, international student Pei Lulu encounters a lone protester, who will drastically change her understanding of the People's Republic and her own place in the world. For the first time, Lulu learns of the 1989 protest movement and the government's violent response. Determined to find out more, she seeks answers from her family, who share surprising stories of their involvement, and from a formative university course based on powerful firsthand accounts. <p/>At once a compelling coming-of-age tale and a poignant tribute to the courage of activists, <i>Looking for Tank Man</i> keeps this tragedy alive in the public memory and warns against the dangers of authoritarian regimes.
Author: Ha Jin
ISBN: 9781635423839
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 368
Publisher Description: <b>A Harvard student from China discovers the fraught, hidden history of the Tiananmen Square massacre in this powerful novel of protest and suppression from the National Book Award-winning author.</b> <p/>When the Chinese premier visits Harvard, international student Pei Lulu encounters a lone protester, who will drastically change her understanding of the People's Republic and her own place in the world. For the first time, Lulu learns of the 1989 protest movement and the government's violent response. Determined to find out more, she seeks answers from her family, who share surprising stories of their involvement, and from a formative university course based on powerful firsthand accounts. <p/>At once a compelling coming-of-age tale and a poignant tribute to the courage of activists, <i>Looking for Tank Man</i> keeps this tragedy alive in the public memory and warns against the dangers of authoritarian regimes.
