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Copyright © 1998 by Ji Xianlin
Translation copyright © 2016 by Chenxin Jiang
Introduction copyright © 2016 by Zha Jianying
All rights reserved.
This translation was supported by a 2011 PEN Translation Fund grant.
Cover art: Feng Yan, Psychedelic Bamboo 02, 2009; courtesy of the artist.
Cover design: Katy Homans.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ji, Xianlin, author.
[Niu peng za yi. English]
The cowshed : memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution / by Ji Xianlin ; translated by Chenxin Jiang ; introduction by Zha Jianying.
1 online resource. — (New York review books)
ISBN 978-1-59017-927-7 (epub) — ISBN 978-1-59017-926-0 (alk. paper)
1. Ji, Xianlin. 2. Scholars—China—Biography. 3. China—History—Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976—Personal narratives. 4. China—Intellectual life—1949–1976. I. Jiang, Chenxin, translator. II. Title. III. Title: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
CT3990.J48
951.05092—dc23
[B]
2015035955
ISBN 978-1-59017-927-7
v1.0
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