The Journey of Liu Xiaobo: From Dark Horse to Nobel Laureate, Edited by Joanne Leedom-Ackerman with Yu Zhang, Jie Lie, and Tienchi Martin-Liao

The first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2010, Liu Xiaobo died in custody while serving an 11-year prison sentence for his activism and writing. He was called by the Chinese Communist government 'an enemy of the state,' but those who knew him called him an original thinker and writer, the Nelson Mandela of China. After his death, colleagues and friends around the world began writing. The 75+ essays in this book deliver a moving portrait of the man both intellectually and personally and a testimony to the tragedy of China which locks up and spies on some of its most talented citizens.