Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 1984 ◎在该书中，没有一页是枯燥无味的……该书以令人愉快的饭后闲聊的语气，轻松地叙述日常经商事实的表象。读者决不会丧失对现实或生活的感觉。

◎在该书中，没有一页是枯燥无味的……该书以令人愉快的饭后闲聊的语气，轻松地叙述日常经商事实的表象。读者决不会丧失对现实或生活的感觉。

In The Loom of Time

describing experiences such as concocting reports of Europeans celebrating the birthdays of Kim Il-sung or Kim Jong-il and escorting Kim Jong-un’s older brother to Eric Clapton concerts in London

釐清、重構、重新審視歷史、思索人類長時段積累的結果，是史家不分國界、無論時代，以丹心照汗青的精神與追求，更是思索、構築未來時的重要參照。

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Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 1984 ◎在该书中，没有一页是枯燥无味的……该书以令人愉快的饭后闲聊的语气，轻松地叙述日常经商事实的表象。读者决不会丧失对现实或生活的感觉。WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Harrowing and brilliant' Ben Macintyre 'A critical contribution to Chinese history' Wall Street Journal Between 1958 and 1962, 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved or beaten to death. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward,