The Rape of Nanking

During a horrific period in human history, the Second World War, a massacre occured that was not publicized by the media. The author of the compelling novel, The Rape of Nanking, Iris Chang attempts to tell the world the true story behind the thick shroud that the Japanese created. Chang reveals the experiences and memories of surviving victims, some of which have been kept secret for four decades due to the humiliation they experienced. Li Xouyin, a young girl during the massacre, managed to escape rape and torture by the Japanese soldiers. Having her eyes nearly cut out by the bayonets of the Japanese, she was fortunate to survive when John Rabe, a Nazi doctor, helped her to escape. By reliving these first hand experiences of the survivors, Chang is able to truly portray the horrors of the Nanking Massacre, something that no one had done before her.