One Bright Moon

De: Andrew Kwong

Narrado por: Jason Chong

Winner of the 2021 Michael Crouch Award, debut category of the National Biography Award: From famine to freedom, how a young boy fled Chairman Mao's China to a new life in Australia

Andrew Kwong was only seven when he witnessed his first execution. The grim scene left him sleepless, anxious and doubtful about his commitment as a revolutionary in Mao's New China. Yet he knew if he devoted himself to the Party and its Chairman he would be saved. That's what his teacher told him.

Months later, it was his own father on trial. This time the sentence was banishment to a re-education camp, not death. It left the family tainted, despised, and with few means of survival during the terrible years of persecution and famine known as the Great Leap Forward. Even after his father returned, things remained desperate. Escape seemed the only solution, and it would be 12-year-old Andrew who undertook the perilous journey first.

This is the poignant, resonant story of a young boy's awakening–to survival, education, fulfilment, and eventually to a new life of freedom.

PRAISE

"An incredibly powerful book." (Benjamin Law)

"[A] moving family saga, shot through with yearning and hard-won joy." (Fiona Capp, Sydney Morning Herald)

"This book will live on in your heart long after you've read the last page." (Vicki Laveau-Harvie, author of The Erratics)

"Heart-breaking, honest, personal, Andrew Kwong's moving journey from oppression to freedom is inspiring." (Susanne Gervay, OAM, author)

"A work of startling clarity...reminiscent of Angela's Ashes." (South China Morning Post Magazine)

©2020 Andrew Kwong (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Deeply moving ... The unique perspective of a child ... places One Bright Moon in the vicinity of Night, Elie Wiesel's pathbreaking memoir of his early life prior to and of his time in German concentration camps." (Meenakshi Bharat, IIC Quarterly)

"A few pages into this compelling memoir proves it was written by a master storyteller." (Sharon Rundle, Australian Book Review)

"A profoundly moving and spellbinding story that perfectly illuminates the terror of the times and the irrepressible yearning for something better." (Carol Major, author and writing mentor)

Work of historic art

Well written. This is truly a work of historic art. I loved every page. It truly captures everything from beginning to present day.

Must read. History of recent China

Must read. History of recent China.
Amazing story of authority oppression survivors.
Everyone must hear what the Communism carries within.