Book Information
| ISBN | 60881267 | |
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| Published Date | 2009 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | U.S.A. | |
| Edition | First Edition | |
| Category: | Asian Studies | |
| Author: | Er Tai Gao | |
| Publisher: | Ecco |
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pp. 259, ‘ Gao was only 19-years-old when he wrote On Beauty, a critical essay about the subjectivity of aesthetics, which was published in a journal in 1957 and hotly contested. Several years later, this inopportune treatise leads to Gao, a teacher in a small rural school in the town of Lanzhou, being labeled a Rightist and shipped off to a labor camp in the Gobi Desert. There he faces unimaginable hardships as he is forced to dig ditches, till fields, and endure brutal sandstorms while being given barely enough food to survive. Ever the daring intellectual, Gao continues to write, despite the fact that he risks serious repercussions if his work is discovered. He also finds solace in the impressive ancient art in the Mogao Caves. Though what Dorsett and Pollard have gracefully translated is only the second part of Gaos three-part memoir, it is broad in scope and gives readers a vivid account of Gaos suffering and endurance. Powerful reading for those curious about what reeducation through labor really entailed.’
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pp. 259, ‘ Gao was only 19-years-old when he wrote On Beauty, a critical essay about the subjectivity of aesthetics, which was published in a journal in 1957 and hotly contested. Several years later, this inopportune treatise leads to Gao, a teacher in a small rural school in the town of Lanzhou, being labeled a Rightist and shipped off to a labor camp in the Gobi Desert. There he faces unimaginable hardships as he is forced to dig ditches, till fields, and endure brutal sandstorms while being given barely enough food to survive. Ever the daring intellectual, Gao continues to write, despite the fact that he risks serious repercussions if his work is discovered. He also finds solace in the impressive ancient art in the Mogao Caves. Though what Dorsett and Pollard have gracefully translated is only the second part of Gaos three-part memoir, it is broad in scope and gives readers a vivid account of Gaos suffering and endurance. Powerful reading for those curious about what reeducation through labor really entailed.’
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| Weight | 0.85 kg |
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