These haunting yet life-affirming memoirs have lingered in my mind longer than any other book of the past few decades.

Sometimes the smallest window offers the clearest view. Untainted by official accounts, undaunted by its place in a much bigger picture, To Survive Is Victory unfurls 20th century China through the eyes of an "ordinary" man from Yunan, both dreamer and doer, lover and fighter,…

Here is a brilliant video about the book from China Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=MI6ArPsvxuQ&app=desktop