Bullets and Opium: Real-Life Stories of China After the Tiananmen Square Massacre by Liao Yiwu

Bullets and Opium: Real-Life Stories of China After the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Liao Yiwu

321 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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“Moving…a memorable series of portraits of the working-class people who defended Tiananmen Square." —The New York Review of Books “A series of harrowing, unforgettable tales...Had [Liao Yiwu] not fled the country in 2011, they may never have emerg...

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challenging 85%
informative 71%
sad 71%
dark 42%
emotional 42%
reflective 42%
tense 28%

Pace

slow 57%
medium 42%

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3.9

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