Iris Chang Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

A quintessiantially American story chronicling Chinese American achievement in the face of institutionalized racism by the New York Times bestselling author of The Rape of NankingIn an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, Iris Chang tells of a people’s search for a better life—the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land and, often against great obstacles, to find success. She chronicles the many accomplishments in America of Chinese immigrants and their building the infrastructure of their adopted country, fighting racist and exclusionary laws and anti-Asian violence, contributing to major scientific and technological advances, expanding the literary canon, and influencing the way we think about racial and ethnic groups. Interweaving political, social, economic, and cultural history, as well as the stories of individuals, Chang offers a bracing view not only of what it means to be Chinese American, but also of what it is to be American.

China is poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. This book goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world.

V prosinci roku 1937 bylo tehdejší hlavní město Číny vystaveno jednomu z nejhrůznějších masakrů v dějinách válek. Japonští vojáci vtrhli do starobylého Nankingu a během několika měsíců systematicky znásilňovali, mučili a zavraždili víc než 300 000 bezbranných mužů, žen a dětí. Iris Changová, americká spisovatelka čínského původu, jejíž prarodiče jen o vlásek masakru unikli, pro svou knihu využila rozhovorů s těmi, kteří běsnění Japonců přežili, i nově objevené dokumenty.