Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China Alison R. Oatman Paul illustrations from the rare

Paul illustrations from the rare first edition

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Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China Alison R. Oatman Paul illustrations from the rareThis "gripping and poignant memoir" (New York Times Book Review) draws us into the intersections of everyday life and Communist power from the first days of "Liberation" in 1949 through the post Mao era. The son of a professional family, Kang Zhengguo is a free spirit, drawn to literature. In Mao's China, these innocuous circumstances expose him at age twenty to a fierce struggle session, expulsion from university, and a four year term of hard labor.