by Pierre Haski · Ramsay · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782841146208
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«Le Journal de Ma Yan» is the diary of teenager Ma Yan, with an introduction by Pierre Haski, published by Ramsay in paperback (318 pages, in French).
Ma Yan, daughter of poor farmers in Ningxia (China), discovers that her family can no longer afford her studies. For two years she recounts in her diary her life at school and in the village, with hunger, poverty, her mother's sacrifice and her determination to keep learning. Her notebooks reach journalist Pierre Haski, who brings them to light.
Non-fiction work based on Ma Yan's real notebooks and letters, translated by He Yanping. Published in October 2002.
For those seeking memoirs and real testimonies, stories about China or accounts of the value of education in contexts of poverty.
Pierre Haski is a French journalist and co-founder of Rue89. He was deputy editor of Libération from January 2006 till his departure in 2007 from the daily. He became president of the Reporters Without Borders association in 2017.
