"The Man Who Stayed Behind" is the remarkable story of Sidney Rittenberg, an American student activist and labour organiser who joined the military, became fluent in Chinese, was sent to China by the U.S. military in the 1940s, became caught up in the turbulence that engulfed that country, and remained there until the late 1970s. Here he tells how he argued dogma with Mao Zedong, mused philosophy with Zhou Enlai, and danced with Mao's wife, Jiang Qing. But he also gives a harrowing account of his struggle over madness and despair in prison during six years in solitary confinement on trumped-up spy charges. A decade later he was sent back to be confined alongside other political prisoners who fell afoul of the dominant faction during the Cultural Revolution. There is also the touching love story of Rittenberg's Chinese wife, Yulin, who pledged to wait for ten years for the man she loved. Both a memoir and a documentary history of the Chinese revolution from 1949 through the Cultural Revolution, "The Man Who Stayed Behind" provides a human perspective on China's efforts to build a new society. Critical of both his own mistakes and those of the Communist leadership, Rittenberg offers both a compelling personal story and a poignant and thought-provoking exploration of some of the most profound political and moral issues of the twentieth century.
發表於2024-11-22
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在中國35年,入獄16年,從不曾後悔,“其赤子之心居然毫發無損”。 我想現在讀這本書的人大多都很難理解李敦白的想法瞭。一個美國人,不遠萬裏來到中國,幫助中國人的革命,這是什麼精神?傻子精神!大傢潛意識裏都會有這個迴答吧。他一個美國人,好好的活著比什麼不好,要來趟...
評分在中國的牢獄生涯,經曆瞭文革和大躍進,與錢鍾書一起公事,由王震介紹入黨,曾與王光美相親,李敦白在中國成就瞭自己傳奇的一生。 李敦白同誌之前給我的映像就是媲美巴黎街頭火紅學潮時期的赤色狂熱分子,看著一老外手舉毛澤東語錄,頭戴鴨舌帽,激情地站在一堆黃皮膚中間嘚...
評分聽完電話,我已在腦中為他畫瞭相貌,該是四五十歲的江南人士,下過鄉,齣國,進的要麼是耶魯要麼是哈佛,然後迴國來做投資。因為那一口中國話溫潤有禮。目下,中文,不,準確地說,是漢語最好的人可能在投資圈中。多年前,畢業前去一個銀行實習,見瞭他們寫給客戶董事長的一封...
評分在中國的牢獄生涯,經曆瞭文革和大躍進,與錢鍾書一起公事,由王震介紹入黨,曾與王光美相親,李敦白在中國成就瞭自己傳奇的一生。 李敦白同誌之前給我的映像就是媲美巴黎街頭火紅學潮時期的赤色狂熱分子,看著一老外手舉毛澤東語錄,頭戴鴨舌帽,激情地站在一堆黃皮膚中間嘚...
評分聽完電話,我已在腦中為他畫瞭相貌,該是四五十歲的江南人士,下過鄉,齣國,進的要麼是耶魯要麼是哈佛,然後迴國來做投資。因為那一口中國話溫潤有禮。目下,中文,不,準確地說,是漢語最好的人可能在投資圈中。多年前,畢業前去一個銀行實習,見瞭他們寫給客戶董事長的一封...
圖書標籤: 曆史 傳記 革命浪漫主義者 英文原版 紀實文學 (English) Chinese 政治學
讀完颱版。值得一看的書,對於瞭解共產黨的歷史有幫助,也有美化共產黨的地方,因為他是一個理想主義者,自然會往好的方麵去看。直到1980年代纔慢慢醒悟。第一次入獄的描寫很讀起來很讓人痛苦。16年的獄中生活,想想也讓人抓狂。
評分It’s about Chinese history from 1940s to 1980s. But I think it’s more authentic and attractive than any of the history books we’ve been taught in schools, because it’s a man’s own experience as the only foreign communist in the Chinese communist party.He lived and worked at Yanan caves with Mao, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi--------
評分It’s about Chinese history from 1940s to 1980s. But I think it’s more authentic and attractive than any of the history books we’ve been taught in schools, because it’s a man’s own experience as the only foreign communist in the Chinese communist party.He lived and worked at Yanan caves with Mao, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi--------
評分讀完颱版。值得一看的書,對於瞭解共產黨的歷史有幫助,也有美化共產黨的地方,因為他是一個理想主義者,自然會往好的方麵去看。直到1980年代纔慢慢醒悟。第一次入獄的描寫很讀起來很讓人痛苦。16年的獄中生活,想想也讓人抓狂。
評分讀完颱版。值得一看的書,對於瞭解共產黨的歷史有幫助,也有美化共產黨的地方,因為他是一個理想主義者,自然會往好的方麵去看。直到1980年代纔慢慢醒悟。第一次入獄的描寫很讀起來很讓人痛苦。16年的獄中生活,想想也讓人抓狂。
The Man Who Stayed Behind 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載