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1000 Years Of Joys and Sorrows: the Story Of Two Lives, One Nation, and a Century Of art Under Tyranny
[Hardback - 2021]
ai weiwei
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Publisher: Bodley Head Uk | ISBN: 9781847923509 | Pages: 400
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Engrossing... A remarkable story Sunday Times

Above all a story of inherited resilience, strength of character and self-determination Observer

Chinese dissident. Ground-breaking artist. Global icon.

Here, through the sweeping, extraordinary story of his own and his father s lives, Ai Weiwei tells an epic tale of China over the last 100 years.

He recounts a childhood in exile in a desolate place known as Little Siberia , his move to America as a young man and eventual return home, then his rise from unknown to art-world superstar and international human rights activist - and how his work has been shaped by living under a totalitarian regime.

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows is a story of exceptional creativity and passionate political beliefs, and a timely reminder of the urgent need to protect freedom of expression.

*A GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*

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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