LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2017 With the Yi River
on one side and the Balou Mountains on the other, the village of
Explosion was founded a thousand years ago by refugees fleeing a
volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era, the name takes on a new
significance as the rural community grows explosively from a small
village to a town to a city to a vast megalopolis. Behind this
rapid expansion are three rival clans linked together by a web of
ambition, madness and greed. The four Kong brothers; Zhu Ying, the
daughter of the former village chief; and Cheng Qing, who starts
out as a secretary and goes on to become a powerful political and
business figure in her own right, transform their hometown into a
Babylon of modern times -- an unrivalled urban superpower built on
lies, sex and thievery. Brimming with absurdity, intelligence and
wit, The Explosion Chronicles considers the high stakes of passion
and power, the consequences of corruption and greed, the dynamics
of love and hate, as well as the seemingly boundless excesses of
capitalist culture. 'One of the masters of modern Chinese
literature' Jung Chang 'One of China's most successful writers . .
. [Yan Lianke] writes in the spirit of the dissident writer
Vladimir Voinovich, who observed that "reality and satire are the
same"' Evan Osnos, New Yorker
General
Imprint: |
Chatto and Windus
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2017 |
Authors: |
Yan Lianke
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 135 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
480 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78474-048-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-78474-048-9 |
Barcode: |
9781784740481 |
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