Beijing Coma

Name: Beijing Coma
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ISBN: 9780374110178

ISBN-10: 0374110174

ISBN-13: 9780374110178

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ma Jian, Flora Drew

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Dai Wei has been unconscious for almost a decade. A medicalnbsp;student and a pro-democracy protestor in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, he was struck by a soldier’s bullet and fell into a deep coma. As soon as the hospital authorities discovered that he had been an activist, his mother was forced to take him home. She allowed pharmacists access to his body and sold his urine and his left kidney to fund special treatment from Master Yao, a member of the outlawed Falun Gong sect. But during a government crackdown, the Master was arrested, and Dai Wai’s mother—who had fallen in love with him—lost her mind. nbsp; As the millennium draws near, a sparrow flies through the window and lands on…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 5/27/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 10.00" wide x 6.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Ma Jian was born in 1953 in Qingdoo, China. In 1986 he moved to Hong Kong, where he published novels, essays, short stories & collections of poetry & reportage; edited political & cultural magazines & founded a publishing company. He currently lives in London.