Tania Branigan: “Everybody thinks they would have been in the Resistance in wartime.”

Curious Reading Club pick this month is Tania Branigan's Red Memory, a vivid book of oral histories about memories of China's Cultural Revolution. I recount a funny Beijing taxi drawing moment and a long conversation about self censorship, personal guilt and what that means for resisting authoritarianism today.

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For the introspective soul who grapples with the weight of memory and the complexity of personal ethics. This blog resonates with those who dare to confront uncomfortable truths, inviting reflections on the fine line between complicity and resistance. Here, the past is a mirror, urging a deeper understanding of our own choices in the face of authority.