{"product_id":"9780140159424","title":"Blood Red Sunset: A Memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst banned in its native land, this earthy, unflinching memoir has become one of the biggest bestsellers in the history of China.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In 1968, a fervent young Red Guard joined the army of hotheaded adolescents who trekked to Inner Mongolia to spread the Cultural Revolution. After gaining a reputation as a brutal abuser of the local herd owners and nomads, Ma Bo casually criticized a Party Leader. Denounced as an “active counterrevolutionary” and betrayed by his friends, the idealistic youth was brutally beaten and imprisoned.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Charged with passion, never doctrinaire, \u003ci\u003eBlood Red Sunset\u003c\/i\u003e is a startlingly vivid and personal narrative that opens a window on the psyche of totalitarian excess that no other work of history can provide. This is a tale of ideology and disillusionment, a powerful work of political and literary importance.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A deceptively straightforward story carried forward by deep currents of insight.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A genuine, no-holds-barred, unadorned piece of writing…echoing the realities of contemporary China.”—Liu Binyan, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008581845232,"sku":"9780140159424","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140159424_p0.jpg?v=1763641945","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140159424","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}