Jeanne Marie Gescher: Becoming China [2017] hardback SHBFI He became the most visible

He became the most visible poet of his age

without knowing what is happening to him

and just how far a little of it could go

The son of the most charismatic couple of the middle ages

Jeanne Marie Gescher: Becoming China [2017] hardback SHBFI He became the most visibleWeaving together the inspirations, ideas, wars and dreams that have shaped the way China's people have thought about order from the ancient past to the recent present, Gescher reveals a story of China as an epic and continuing battle about order that strikes at the heart of what it means to be Chinese. With the past in perspective, the clashes between China's people and the Party come to life as never before and the importance of China's question