The Woman who Could not Forget : : Iris Chang Before and Beyond the Rape of Nanking
Book - 2011 921 Chang, Iris 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
Sign in to request
Locations
Call Number: 921 Chang, Iris
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
| Location & Checkout Length | Call Number | Checkout Length | Item Status |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout |
921 Chang, Iris | 4-week checkout | On Shelf |
"Iris Chang's best-selling book The Rape of Nanking forever changed the way we view the Second World War in Asia. It all began with a photo of a river choked with the bodies of hundreds of Chinese civilians that shook Iris to her core. Who were these people? Why had this happened and how could their story have been lost to history? She could not shake that image from her head. She could not forget what she had seen. A few short years later, Chang revealed this 'second Holocaust' to the world. But who was this woman that single-handedly swept away years of silence, secrecy and shame? Her mother, Ying-Ying, provides an enlightened and nuanced look at her daughter, from Iris' home-made childhood newspaper, to her early years as a journalist and later, as a promising young historian, her struggles with her son's autism and her tragic suicide"--Dust jacket.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
Library Journal ReviewBooklist Review
Publishers Weekly Review
Summary / Annotation
Table of Contents
Fiction Profile
Author Notes
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
No community reviews. Write one below!
PUBLISHED
New York : Pegasus, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xvii, 427 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781605981727
1605981729
SUBJECTS
Chang, Iris.
Journalists -- Biography.
Chinese American women -- Biography.
Chinese American authors -- Biography.
Historians -- Biography.