Nina X has never been outside. She has never met another child. She has no mother and no father; she has Comrade Chen, and Comrades Uma, Jeni and Ruth. Her closest emotional connection is with the birds she sees when she removes the...

Nina X ist die Geschichte einer außergewöhnlichen jungen Frau, die von Geburt an in einer maoistischen Kult-Kommune in »ideologischer Reinheit« erzogen wird und dann in unsere moderne Welt flieht. Über 20 Jahre lang hat Nina X keine...

The story of Nina X's imprisonment, and her path to eventual freedom, is compelling and chilling and all too believable. She is a character to stand alongside Offred of The Handmaid's Tale and Jack of Room von Morrison, Ewan