FRENCH LANGUAGE
For the first time, the major contemporary artist, recognized worldwide, and Chinese dissident committed against the repression tells his story in his memoirs. From his youth in the labour camps of the Chinese gulag with his father, Ai Qing, a great poet rejected by Mao, to his exile ...
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FRENCH LANGUAGE
For the first time, the major contemporary artist, recognized worldwide, and Chinese dissident committed against the repression tells his story in his memoirs. From his youth in the labour camps of the Chinese gulag with his father, Ai Qing, a great poet rejected by Mao, to his exile in Europe.
How did his youth and his life in a totalitarian regime make him aware of the revolutionary power of art? He looks back at the provocations that led to his imprisonment and the permanence of his fight against the authorities in his country.
"A Thousand Years of Joys and Sorrows" offers, through a fascinating dive into China from Mao Zedong to the present day, the story of an extraordinary destiny, an uncompromising look at the different forces that have shaped modern China and a vibrant plea for freedom of expression.
His sculptures and installations have been seen by millions of people around the world. His political activism made him a target of the Chinese authorities, who held him incommunicado in 2011 for a few months without charge.
Both ambitious and intimate, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows offers a profound understanding of the myriad forces that have shaped modern China.
French language
432 pages
Éditions Buchet Chastel
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