White Lotus

TitleWhite Lotus
Year for Search1965
AuthorsHersey, John [Richard](1914-93)
Date Published1965
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Authoritarian dystopia in which the Chinese suppress whites. Recreates the history of African Americans from slavery to a non-violent civil rights movement with whites as the oppressed and the Chinese as the oppressor.

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Author Note

 The author (1914-93) is best-known for his book Hiroshima (1946)

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1965 Hersey, John [Richard] (1914-93). White Lotus. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. PSt

Authoritarian dystopia in which the Chinese suppress whites. Recreates the history of African Americans from slavery to a non-violent civil rights movement with whites as the oppressed and the Chinese as the oppressor. The author is best-known for his book Hiroshima (1946).