The much-anticipated first novel from the Guardian First Book
Award-winning Chinese writer. In the provincial town of Muddy
Waters in China, a young woman named Gu Shan is sentenced to death
for her loss of faith in Communism. She is twenty-eight years old
and has already spent ten years in prison. The citizens stage a
protest after her death and, over the following six weeks, the town
goes through uncertainty, hope and fear until eventually the
rebellion is brutally suppressed. They are all taken on a painful
journey, from one young woman's death to another. We follow the
pain of Gu Shan's parents, the hope and fear of the leaders of the
protest and their families. Even those who seem unconnected to the
tragedy - an eleven-year-old boy seeking fame and glory, a
nineteen-year-old village idiot in love with a young and deformed
girl, an old couple making a living by scavenging the town's
garbage cans - are caught up in a remorseless turn of events. Yiyun
Li's novel is based on the true story which took place in China in
1979.
General
Imprint: |
Fourth Estate
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2009 |
Authors: |
Yiyun Li
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-719665-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-00-719665-2 |
Barcode: |
9780007196654 |
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