Awards
- Winner of Nautilus Award (Journalism) 2013
Overview
In God is Red, Chinese dissident journalist and poet Liao Yiwu--once lauded, later imprisoned, and now celebrated author of For a Song and a Hundred Songs and The Corpse Walker--profiles the extraordinary lives of dozens of Chinese Christians, providing a rare glimpse into the underground world of belief that is taking hold within the officially atheistic state of Communist China. Liao felt a kinship with Chinese Christians in their unwavering commitment to the freedom of expression and to finding meaning in a tumultuous society, even though he is not a Christian himself. This is a fascinating tale of otherwise unknown personalities thriving against all odds. God is Red will resonate with readers of Phillip Jenkins' The Lost History of Christianity and Peter Hessler's Country Driving.
Full Product Details
Author: Liao Yiwu ,
Liao Yiwu
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperOne
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.386kg
ISBN: 9780062078469
ISBN 10: 0062078461
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 13 September 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
God Is Red offers a deeply impressive series of vignettes of the Christian experience [in China], including unforgettable stories of individuals' courage in the face of excruciating suffering. The book is at once heartbreaking and profoundly stirring. --Christian Century
God Is Red is the most wonderfully surprising report on the church in China I've seen, and Liao Yiwu is the best literary guide since Vergil. --John Wilson, Editor, Books & Culture
Beginning with a 100-year-old nun and ending with a recovering slacker, . . . the voices of individual believers are lively and immediate. . . . Though Liao's subjects claim to have no interest in politics, the question of political change in China is the subtext . --Wall Street Journal
This is a mesmerizing and amazing tale of courage. Author Liao Yiwu's story, covering even the recent past, is especially powerful because he is not himself a Christian. The reporting is brilliant and the perspective dazzling. --David Aikman, author of Jesus in Beijing
Author Information
Liao Yiwu is a critic of the Chinese regime, for which he has been imprisoned and his works have been banned. He is the author of The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up and a forthcoming memoir. In 2011, Liao dramatically escaped from China and now splits his time between the United States and Germany. Wenguang Huang is a writer, journalist, and translator whose articles and translations have appeared in The Wall Street Journal Asia, Chicago Tribune, and The Paris Review. He is also the author of The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir.
