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portada Vientos Amargos (in Spanish)
Type
Physical Book
Year
2008
Language
Spanish
Pages
376
Format
Paperback
ISBN
8493591459
ISBN13
9788493591458
Edited in
España
Edition No.
1

Vientos Amargos (in Spanish)

Harry Wu (Author) · Carolyn Wakeman (Author) · Libros Del Asteroide · Paperback

Vientos Amargos (in Spanish) - Harry Wu; Carolyn Wakeman

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Synopsis "Vientos Amargos (in Spanish)"

On April 27, 1960, Harry Wu, a student at the Geology Institute of Beijing, was arrested by Chinese authorities and, without being taken to trial or even being formally accused, was sent to a forced labor camp. For almost 20 years he was imprisoned in various camps, denied all of his rights, and forced to work to exhaustion. Wu went from being part of the country's intellectual elite to being a pariah, imprisoned with common criminals and enduring hunger, suffering brutal torture, and watching many of his companions die. Wu was liberated in 1979 and several years later was able to exile himself in the United States. This is the story of his life from his years as a university student to his political rehabilitation in the mid-1980s, of the punishments he had to endure and of his struggle to conserve his dignity. But it is also a moving testimony of the terror provoked by one of the bloodiest dictatorships of the 20th century and of the injustice that many others had to endure. El 27 de abril de 1960, Harry Wu, un estudiante del Instituto de Geología de Pekín, fue arrestado por las autoridades chinas y sin ser juzgado o acusado formalmente fue enviado a un campo de trabajo. Durante casi 20 años estuvo encerrado en distintos campos, fue privado de todos sus derechos y obligado a trabajar hasta la extenuación. De miembro de la élite intelectual del país pasó a ser un paria, recluido junto a delincuentes comunes, pasando hambre, sufriendo torturas y viendo morir a muchos de sus compañeros. Wu fue liberado en 1979 y unos años después conseguiría exiliarse en Estados Unidos. Éste es el relato de su vida desde sus años universitarios hasta su rehabilitación política a mediados de los ochenta, de las penalidades a las que tuvo que hacer frente y de su lucha por conservar su dignidad. Pero es también el estremecedor testimonio del terror provocado por una de las dictaduras más sangrientas de todo el siglo XX y de la injusticia que otros muchos como él tuvieron que vivir.

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Juan Ignacio Briceño Ansoleaga Wednesday, April 28, 2021
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Libro que aporta elementos novedosos de la dictadura totalitaria China de mao. Buena aproximación y relato testimonial.

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