- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review; New edition edition (5 July 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755311930
- ISBN-13: 978-0755311934
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 754,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'[a] fascinating and important story' Literary Review
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A modern Chinese version of Dr Zhivago told from the point of view of a Chinese Lara
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Liang grew up in China during the repressive Cultural Revolution and spent years in a labour camp when her parents were exiled from the city. Her childhood experience helps to explain her utmost desire for truth and freedom. Lake With No Name tells a story of a young woman’s journey of love and loss, when her country was embroiled in the biggest political conflict of its modern history. Liang writes with deep emotions and honesty about herself, her lovers and fellow students who risked their lives in Tiananmen Square. Lake With No Name is a beautiful, though at times, harrowing tale of life and love.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I am surprised that it has taken so long for someone to write about the Tiananmen Massacre of 1989. But I am glad that it is Diane Wei Liang who finally does it. In this moving memoir, she writes a heartbreaking love story, set against the background of those dramatic days of student uprising, bloodshed and killings. Lake With No Name is a testimony of the enduring power of life, hope and love.
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This is a remarkable book by first time author Diane Wei Liang recounting her amazing journey through the tumultuous and changing China of the latter part of last century. Well written and paced it provides fantastic insight of life in China from a labour camp to the Tiananmen demonstration that was brutally repressed and beyond. Anyone interested in the personal side of real people living wihtin a totalitarian system trying to find their lives and love through historic events will be thrilled they read this book.
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A window in the brutal totalitarian world of Communist China which continues to this day. It is both a autobiography of a sensitivities, intelligent women and her experiences... Read more
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I ordered this after seeing the author interviewed by Michael Peschardt. I enjoyed the book and found it moving. Read more
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In view of the context of this account one wouldn't expect enjoyment as such. However the writer has moved in an interesting circle of colleagues and friends and one is easily... Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2009 by vallee
Sidestepping one of the important events of Chinese history
I was interested in this book because novels about the Tiananmen Massacre are a rarity and I had read that Diane Wei Liang had been the room mate of Tiananmen student leader Chai... Read more
Published on 21 April 2009 by Parvati P.
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