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Title: Red-Color News Soldier by Li Zhensheng ISBN: 0-7148-4308-3 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: The Many Faces of the Cultural Revolution
Comment: For those of us fascinated and puzzled over the cultural revolution in China, here are photos to bring to life what we've been reading.There are many faces to study. This document seems curiously objective even though the author has his own story to tell of being treated unfairly. I would not describe the photos as shocking to those who have studied these events in China's history. This is a great companion to any other narrative one might be studying on the subject. Also, the author is a remarkable person. This is another work on the cultural revolution where I come away feeling gratitude toward the author. Li Zhensheng has a more benign story in comparison with some other personal accounts that were part of my introduction to this subject. I enjoy this additional perspective. There is much to see here.

Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing
Comment: This book is terrifyingly beautiful, and I'm not exaggerating. I have never seen such photos.

Rating: 4
Summary: A shocking look at a remarkable period
Comment: Although the photographs are the main focus of this book, the accompanying text is also illuminating as an individual's account of his experiences of the Cultural Revolution. The text has, of course, been written with the benefit of hindsight - and one gets a sense of retrospective self-justification coming in. The passion that the period inspired amongst the younger generation is also evident, however.

The photographs are, of course, contemporary accounts of the living through that period, and consequently have the power to shock significantly. The "struggle session" photographs of senior party leaders undergoing "self-criticism" are particularly horrific. The concluding photographs of a "victor" of the Cultural Revolution on her way to her execution after the restoration of a more normal society also have a big impact - though curiously there is a sense of the pathetic about the woman that Li captures.

The photography merits a 5 star rating, the text probably a three. The images are a valuable insight into the strength of emotion in that remarkable period.

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