num_pages: 322
description: A series of harrowing unforgettable tales...Had [Liao Yiwu] not fled the country in 2011 they may never have emerged. An indispensable historical document. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From the award-winning poet dissident and one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our time (Philip Gourevitch) comes a raw evocative and unforgettable look at the Tiananmen Square massacre through the eyes of those who were there. For over seven years Liao Yiwua master of contemporary Chinese literature imprisoned and persecuted as a counter-revolutionary until he fled the country in 2011secretly interviewed survivors of the devastating 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Tortured imprisoned and forced into silence and the margins of Chinese society for thirty years their harrowing stories are now finally revealed in this gripping and masterful work of investigative journalism.
language: English
title: Bullets and Opium: Real-Life Stories of China After the Tiananmen Square Massacre
publisher: Atria/One Signal Publishers