Memory as resistance

Anyone who wants to understand the Chinese background of the Trump–Xi summit should read Su Chang’s ‚The Immortal Woman‘. The novel explores how authoritarian systems survive through collective amnesia, rewritten history, and trauma passed across generations. From the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen and the fractures within the Chinese diaspora, Chang’s debut novel becomes not only a family saga but an anatomy of power, memory, and ideological violence. A devastating, intelligent novel about what happens when history is not allowed to heal — because it is not allowed to be remembered...
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