In Fan Shen’s book, Gang of One Memoirs of a Red Guard, he had no rights to believe or say anything different from what the government wants. Shen is born and grows in a Chinese Communist family in Red China, and he tries to escape the legal way because if he doesn’t it would cause problems for his family. It is difficult to know what it is like not having freedom of speech when we have grown up with . A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen's Gang of One is more than a memoir of one young man's harrowing experience during a time of terro Disillusion soon followed, then turned to disgust and fear when Shen discovered that his compatriots had tortured and murdered a doctor whose house he'd helped raid and whose beautiful daughter he secretly adored/5. 8 rows · · Hypnotically rendered, Gang of One is a high literary achievement, documenting an even greater Brand: UNP - Bison Books.
This book ends with Shen realizing his dream in the form of a flight to San Francisco and the beginning of a new life. BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES: BOOKS. Shen, Fan, Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), PERIODICALS. Booklist, March 1, , Jennifer Mattson, review of Gang of One, p. In twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. Shen's Gang of One is more than a memoir of one young man's harrowing. In year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. Disillusionment soon followed, then turned to disgust and fear when Shen discovered that his compatriots had tortured and murdered a doctor whose house he'd helped raid and whose beautiful daughter he secretly adored.
A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen's Gang of One is more than a memoir of one young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It is also, in spite of circumstances of remarkable grimness and injustice, an unlikely picaresque tale of adventure full of courage, cunning, wit, tenacity, resourcefulness, and sheer luck - the story of how Shen managed to scheme his way through a hugely oppressive system and emerge triumphant. GANG OF ONE: Memoirs of a Red Guard. Fan Shen, Author. Univ. of Nebraska $ (p) ISBN While the general outlines of this account of growing up in Communist China will be. Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard (American Lives) by Fan Shen. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, ,
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