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Life and Death in Shanghai
AuthorNien Cheng
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoirs
PublisherGrove Press, Penguin Books
Publication date
May 1987
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages547 pages
AwardsNew York Times Bestseller

New York Times Best Book of the Year (1987) Best Books for Public Libraries (1992)

American Library Association’s Outstanding Books for The College Bound (1996)
ISBN978-0-394-55548-5

Life and Death in Shanghai (Chinese: 上海生死劫) is an autobiographical memoir published in November 1987[1] by Chinese author Yao Nien-Yuan under the pen name Nien Cheng. Written while in exile in the United States, it tells the story of Cheng's arrest during the early days of the Cultural Revolution, her more than six years' of confinement, persecution, efforts to leave China, and life in exile.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Published 1986-07-24, ISBN 0-246-12948-4,ISBN 978-0-246-12948-2
  2. ^ "Summer Reading; A Prisoner of The Thought Police". archive.nytimes.com. May 31, 1987. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  3. ^ "Life And Death in Shanghai | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  4. ^ "Life and Death in Shanghai - TIME". 2008-03-07. Archived from the original on 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  5. ^ Dorn, James A. (November 15, 2009). "In Era of Upheaval, Author Stood against Storm". Cato Institute. Retrieved 2023-11-29.

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