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Ancient Ship

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ISBN-10: 0061436909

ISBN-13: 9780061436901

Edition: 2008

Authors: Wei Zhang, Howard Goldblatt

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Originally published in 1987, two years before the Tiananmen Square protests, Zhang Wei's award-winning novel is the story of three generations of the Sui, Zhao, and Li families living in the fictional northern town of Wali during China's troubled postliberation years. Spanning four decades following the creation of the People's Republic in 1949, The Ancient Ship is a bold examination of a society in turmoil, the struggle of oppressed people to control their own fate, and the clash between tradition and modernization. In the course of the narrative, the townspeople of Wali face the moments that have defined China's history during the latter part of the twentieth century: the land reform…    
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Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English