TRUTH IS NOT AN OPTION....
Beijing, sometime in the near future: a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one can care less. Except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that has possessed the Chinese nation. When they kidnap a high-ranking official and force him to reveal all, what they learn - not only about their leaders, but also about their own people - stuns them to the core. It is a message that will rock the world...
Terrifying methods of cunning, deception and terror are unveiled by the truth-seekers in this thriller-expose of the Communist Party's stranglehold on China today.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
A fascinating tale of China just over the horizon * The New Yorker * A thought-provoking novel about China's tomorrow, which reveals the truth about China today -- Xinran, author of The Good Women of China The Fat Years remains valid because it is not simply a "what might happen" exercise in futurism. Its central conceit - that collective amnesia overtakes the entire country - is an all-encompassing metaphor for today's looming superpower... a triumph * Observer * A not-so-veiled satire of the Chinese government's tendency to make dates such as the Tiananmen massacre virtually disappear * Financial Times * Chan Koonchung's humorous tale reveals the distorted reality of China, where despite the supersonic development of its economy, political life is steadfastly unchanging -- Ma Jian Anyone who wants to understand modern China should read this novel -- Allan Massie Bracing, smart and entertaining * Independent * The hottest novel to come out of China this year * Time Out, Beijing * An inventive and highly topical novel by Chan Koonchung, is among the first to explore a scenario that much of the world is speculating about today * Wall Street Journal * Chan's story is not only absorbing in its own right, it also shines reflected light on the foibles of the West * The New York Times *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 128 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-552-77697-4 (9780552776974)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Chan Koonchung was born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong.
His first novel, the dystopian THE FAT YEARS ('An all-encompassing metaphor for today's looming superpower' Observer) was highly acclaimed and published in thirteen territories.
Chan Koonchung lives in Beijing.
