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As for plausibility, The Fat Years is almost too believable . ""What happens when 1.3 billion Chinese are all very happy? It tells stunning truths that those authorities strive hard to keep under the rug, and it tells them with a literary flair worthy of Orwell. This novel isn’t only essential reading, it is also urgent. In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychological insight are Chan delves into Beijing’s conscience and does not like what he sees." . Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Entertainment Weekly, Slate In A Free Life, Ha Jin follows the Wu family — father Nan, mother Pingping, and son Taotao — as ... A foxy, original writer. He has published more than a dozen Chinese-language books and in 1976 founded the monthly magazine "Chan has crafted a cunning caricature of modern China, with its friction between communism and consumerism, its desire to reframe the Revolution in terms of 'market share and the next big thing.' ""This dystopia masterfully captures the dilemma today's Chinese face: embrace economic growth or fight for justice.
No one has any memory of it, and no one seems to care except for a small circle of friends who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that have possessed the nation.
Born in Shanghai and raised and educated in Hong Kong, he studied at the University of Hong Kong and Boston University. It is the era of 'China's Golden Age of Ascendancy' -- and so, for example, narrator Lao Chen notes as he sips his Lychee Black Dragon Latte: (Jan.)In this thinly veiled Orwellian criticism, the entire country, save for a few who are determined to suss out the mystery, loses a month of memory and becomes mysteriously contented following a boost to the Chinese economy after a U.S. economic meltdown. [Wall Street Journal] editor and vice president Robert Bartley discussed his book, [The Seven Fat Years and How to Do It Again], published by Free Press. About The Fat Years. Born in Shanghai and raised and educated in Hong Kong, he studied at the University of Hong Kong and Boston University. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. Although The Fat Years clearly owes a debt to Brave New World , Chan''s characters are infinitely more believable, and drawn with a real sense of sympathy and understanding -- something Huxley''s archetypes famously lacked. Please try again later. “Playful and poetic . Mai plays adroitly with literary genre and crafts a story of Borgesian subtlety and complexity.The ... —The Wall Street Journal“Marvelously vivid, perfectly tuned. Jan 10, 2012 | ISBN 9780449011485 An entire month has gone missing from Chinese records. Born in Shanghai and raised and educated in Hong Kong, he studied at the University of Hong Kong and Boston University. With its offbeat puzzle and diverting characters … Chan’s story is not only absorbing in its own right, it also shines reflected light on the foibles of the West.” —In the near future, China—the premier world superpower—has entered an unprecedented era of prosperity. However, Koonchung (founder of Hong Kong’s City Magazine) reveals the moral and political perils of contemporary Chinese life, and a better translation may allow this novel to flourish. Memory fuses with wonder, and ... A serial killer is stalking the young women of Shanghai. A New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: Chicago Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. He has published more than a dozen Chinese-language books and in… CHAN KOONCHUNG is a novelist, journalist, and screenwriter.
Nineteen-year-old Mari is waiting out the night in an anonymous Denny’s when she meets a young man who insists ... .