China in Ten Words Essays

Name: China in Ten Words Essays
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ISBN: 9780307739797

ISBN-10: 0307739791

ISBN-13: 9780307739797

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Authors: Yu Hua, Allan H. Barr

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From one of China’s most acclaimed writers, his first work of nonfiction to appear in English: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades, told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the country’s meteoric economic and social transformation. Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacular—“people,” “leader,” “reading,” “writing,” “Lu Xun” (one of the most influential Chinese writers of the twentieth century), “disparity,” “revolution,” “grassroots,” “copycat,” and “bamboozle”—China in Ten Wordsreveals as never before the world’s most populous yet oft-misunderstood nation. In “Disparity,” for example, Yu Hua…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/21/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.97" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

YU HUA is the author of five novels, six story collections, and three essay collections. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He is the recipient of many awards, including the James Joyce Award, France's Prix Courrier International, and Italy's Premio Grinzane Cavour. Yu Hua lives in Beijing.