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03143aam a2200421 i 4500 001 9BB9EB02223B11EF96E545AA58ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240604012727 008 231124t20242024enka e 001 0ceng d 020 $a 139940668X 020 $a 9781399406680 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1416718380 040 $a CNWPU $b eng $e rda $c CNWPU $d GO3 $d OCLCO $d YDX $d JQW $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d JAS $d VP@ $d IMT $d YDX $d GO4 $d OCLCO $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h chi 043 $a a-cc--- 050 4 $a DS778.7 $b .X56 2024 082 04 $a 951.05/60922 $2 23/eng/20240503 100 0 $a Xinran, $d 1958- $e author. 245 14 $a The book of secrets : $b a personal history of betrayal in Red China / $c Xinran ; translated by Will Spence. 260 $a London : $b Bloomsbury Continuum, $c 2024. 300 $a 320 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Translated from the Chinese. 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Foreword: Words on the night breeze -- Snow's story -- Xinran, December 2018 -- Part one: The tapes -- 1. A family fragmented by the chaos of war -- 2. Tsinghua, an awakening of love and faith -- 3. Questions of career and faith -- Note, Xinran -- Part two: Jie's letters to his wife Moon -- 4. 1951-4, Fantasy and romance -- 5. 1954-7, Confusion and disruption -- 6. 1957-66, Betrayal and adversity -- 7. 1976-2009, Resurrection and death -- 2010-17, The final messages -- Afterword, Xinran. 520 $a "The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to today. Following the lives of military intelligence officer Jie and his wife Moon, The Book of Secrets weaves recently found material into a narrative that not only illuminates the shadowy world of intelligence in China, but also the emotional tragedies that political extremism inflicted on those working within. Drawing on Jie's own vivid biography of his youth, Xinran pieces together his trajectory as he joins the great hope of the Chinese young - the Communist Party - and becomes a loyal cadre until the late 1970s when, as a chief in the security forces, he makes a decision that will poison his family against him. This is a totally unique behind-the-scenes account of a family torn apart by the Tiananmen Square massacre and the attempts of Jie to finally open up the Chinese system to the people, pieced together from an extraordinary archive of personal diaries and letters" -- $c Amazon.com. 650 0 $a Families $z China $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Espionage $z China $x History. 650 0 $a Political corruption $z China $x History. 650 0 $a Intelligence officers $z China $v Biography. 651 0 $a China $x History $y Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 $v Personal narratives. 655 7 $a Personal correspondence. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Personal narratives. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Spence, Will, $e translator. 941 $a 2 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240702031833.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240604015034.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9BB9EB02223B11EF96E545AA58ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search