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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781784701925
- Categories [2022], Asian Literature, BX, BXOS, extraordinary, F GEN, Fiction, General Fiction
- Author(s) Yan Lianke
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Pages 480
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 12.9cm x 3.0cm x 19.8cm
- Weight 0.4 kg
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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. 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. Together they transform their hometown into a Babylon of modern times -- an unrivalled urban superpower built on lies, sex and thievery.'One of the masters of modern Chinese literature' Jung Chang
