Wild Grass by Ian Johnson

Illuminating ... Johnson has not only lifted a corner of the curtain which covers Chinas reality beyond its glittering eastern cities he has drawn the whole curtain The Times Literary Supplement In Wild Grass Pulitzer Prizewinning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the desire for change percolating up from below and the ossified political structure above. He recounts the stories of three ordinary people who find themselves finding oppression and government corruption risking imprisonm Paperback softback