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| Sun Shuyun at Asia Bookroom | |
| Mon 18 Sep 2006 | |
| We are delighted to announce that acclaimed author and producer Sun Shuyun will be in Canberra on Monday September 18 and she will be speaking at Asia Bookroom!
Sun Shuyun's latest book is a powerful account of China's legendary founding myth The Long March. Her previous book, Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud, tells of the journey she made retracing the footsteps of the Chinese Buddhist monk, Xuanzang, across Central Asia to India. **The Long March** In 1934, after being forced from their bases, 200,000 Chinese Communists risked their lives to launch the new China in the distant north. In this riveting book, Sun Shuyun follows the route of the Long March, through hostile and often dangerous terrain, reconstructing the story and investigating the myths that surround it, searching for the truth of why people supported the Communists, and why many did not. Sun Shuyun confronts the reality behind the myth, the dreams and disillusions, the pain and the hope, and the lessons that can still be learned. The first Chinese person to write a book on this subject, Sun Shuyun tells it for the first time as it really happened. About Sun Shuyun: Sun Shuyun was born in China in the 1960s. She graduated from Beijing University and won a scholarship to Oxford University. She is a film and television producer, and has made documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and international broadcasters. For the past decade she has divided her time between Beijing and London. Hope you can join us! When: 6.30pm - 8pm, Monday September 18 (Please note the timing is slightly later than our usual events but Sun Shuyun will begin speaking at 6.30 or very shortly after). Where: Asia Bookroom, Lawry Place, Macquarie. Ph 6251 5191 E-mail books@AsiaBookroom.com RSVP: Saturday September 16 for catering and seating purposes |
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