"Reader" Legend: A Magazine That Interacts with the Times: A Magazine That Interacts with the Times

Author: Shi Yonggang
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Shi Yonggang is shrewd, recording and commenting on Reader, which is not just recording and commenting on the culture of an era. Such books are generally prone to being dull, but The Legend of Reader is emotionally rich, with a nimble style, and its detailed records are filled with poetic essence. If a book is so heartfelt and engaging, it is already enough to bring us joy in reading. Yet the author still analyzes and reveals many issues through various phenomena, sorting out more cultural mindsets. The poet is also a philosopher, which makes us feel compelled to take it seriously, to become wiser. This book will tell you the story of a magazine founded by two science majors living in the northwest corner of China, how it weathered storms to become a magazine with a circulation of nearly ten million, publishing four different versions, and generating over 100 million yuan in annual revenue. It offers the first authoritative interpretation of the behind-the-scenes of the lawsuit between Reader and Reader's Digest in the United States, the incident where Hu Yaobang ordered the eradication of the "spiritual pollution" of Reader, and the three political accidents that led to the magazine's suspension. It tells the story of how Reader became the most influential and widely circulated magazine in China.