The explosion chronicles
Yan, Lianke, 1958-2017
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With the Yi River on one side and the Balou Mountains on the other, the village of Explosion was founded 1000 years ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era, the name takes on a new significance as the rural community grows explosively from a small village to a town to a city to a vast megalopolis. Behind this rapid expansion are three rival clans linked together by a web of ambition, madness and greed. The four Kong brothers; Zhu Ying, the daughter of the former village chief; and Cheng Qing, who starts out as a secretary and goes on to become a powerful political and business figure in her own right, transform their hometown into a Babylon of modern times - an unrivalled urban superpower built on lies, sex and thievery.
Main title:
The explosion chronicles / Yan Lianke.
Author:
Yan, Lianke, 1958-, author
Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2017.
Collation:
480 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Chinese.
ISBN:
9781784740481 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.1352
LC class:
PL2925.L54
Language:
EnglishChinese
BRN:
1858735