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La Porta Proibita (1984)

by Tiziano Terzani(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

8850206143 (ISBN13: 9788850206148)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

TEA

review 1: It is beautiful book written in the earl y '80s by a journalist who lived in China for many years. Terzani was outspoken in his positions about the ruling class and he was jailed for that. He was in love with China and Chinese people. He wrote many other books I do not mention here, and "la Porta proibita" was his bestseller. It is a beautiful picture of China in the '80s but unfortunately it now shows some signs of obsolescence, because China changed so much in the last 30 years.
review 2: Un libro bello e doloroso, pieno di rabbia e delusione di fronte alla Cina comunista, dove i millenni di storia sono stati distrutti per fare spazio al progresso, dove ogni minimo individualismo � stato spazzato via in nome della massa, e dove copiare e fare la spia sono c... moreonsiderate virt�.Si rimane sgomenti di fronte a tante assurdit�� e ai disastri e alle aberrazioni a cui pu� portare un ideale di uguaglianza se inteso in senso estremo.Terzani scrive nel 1984, ma i semi della Cina moderna si intravedono gi�� nel capitolo dedicato agli esperimenti di Shenzen. Peccato che non possa pi� raccontarci degli ultimi sviluppi... less

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