At once a work of narrative lyricism and an act of personal courage, this memoir in verse documents the human cost of a period of political turmoil in China s recent past. Luo Ying the pen name of Huang Nubo, a celebrated poet, Forbes billionaire, and mountain climber draws readers into the depths of the Cultural Revolution (1966 1976) by rendering its defining moments in his life with devastating precision and clarity. The narrative poems that make up Memories of the Cultural Revolution combine the ardor of youthful experience with the cooler insight of mature reflection, offering a...