Red Memory

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

.'Very good and very instructive.' - MARGARET ATWOOD
'Written with an almost painful beauty.' - JONATHAN FREEDLAND
'Took my breath away.' - BARBARA DEMICK
'Haunting.' - OLIVER BURKEMAN
'A masterpiece.' - JULIA LOVELLA

13-year-old Red Guard revels in the great adventure, and struggles with her doubts. A silenced composer, facing death, determines to capture the turmoil. An idealistic student becomes the 'corpse master' . . .More than fifty years on, the Cultural Revolution's scar runs through the heart of Chinese society, and through the souls of its citizens. Stationed in Beijing for the Guardian, Tania Branigan came to realise that this brutal and turbulent decade continues to propel and shape China to this day. Yet official suppression and personal trauma have conspired in national amnesia: it exists, for the most part, as an absence.

Red Memory explores the stories of those driven to confront the era, who fear or yearn for its return. What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over?

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781783352661
Published: February 2024

Number of pages: 304
Width: 130 mm
Height: 220 mm
Depth: 21 mm

Publisher: Faber & Faber