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1000 Years Of Joys and Sorrows: Two Lives, One Nation and a Century Of art Under Tyranny In China
[Paperback - 2022]
ai weiwei
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Publisher: Vintage Uk | ISBN: 9781784701499 | Pages: 400
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A FAMILY STORY AND THE TALE OF A NATION.


Ai Weiwei - one of the world s most famous artists and activists - weaves a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own life and that of his father, Ai Qing, the nation s most celebrated poet.

Engrossing...a remarkable story Sunday Times

Here, through the sweeping lens of his own and his father s life, Ai Weiwei tells an epic tale of China over the last 100 years, from the Cultural Revolution to the modern-day Chinese Communist Party.

Here is the story of a childhood spent in desolate exile after his father, Ai Qing, once China s most celebrated poet, fell foul of the authorities. Here is his move to America as a young man and his return to China, his rise from unknown to art-world superstar and international rights activist. Here is his extraordinary account of how his work has been shaped by living under a totalitarian regime.

It s the story of a father and a son, of exceptional creativity and passionate belief, and of how two indomitable spirits enabled the world to understand their country.

A story of inherited resilience and self-determination Observer

A majestic and exquisitely serious masterpiece about his China... One of the great voices of our time Andrew Solomon

Intimate, unflinching...an instant classic Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition

About the Author

Ai Weiwei is one of the world s most important living artists. Born in 1957, he lives in Cambridge, UK.

Allan H. Barr is the author of a study in Chinese of a literary inquisition in the early Qing dynasty, Jiangnan yijie: Qing ren bixia de Zhuangshi shi an, and the translator of several books by contemporary Chinese authors, including Yu Hua s China in Ten Words and Han Han s This Generation. He teaches Chinese at Pomona College in California.

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