Summary
Yan boldly plunges into the psychic gap between China's decades-old conditioned response to communist doctrine and its redefinition of itself as a capitalist power, creating with bold, carnivalesque strokes a heartbreaking story of greed, corruption, and the dangers of utopia. Full description
Summary: |
Yan boldly plunges into the psychic gap between China's decades-old conditioned response to communist doctrine and its redefinition of itself as a capitalist power, creating with bold, carnivalesque strokes a heartbreaking story of greed, corruption, and the dangers of utopia. |
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Item Description: |
"Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso. "First published in Chinese as Shuohou in 2004"--T.p. verso. |
Physical Description: |
vii, 500 p. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780802120373 0802120377 |
Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |