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Yu Hua

Chronicle of a Blood Merchant

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From the acclaimed author of Brothers and China in Ten Words: here is Yu Hua's unflinching portrait of life under Chairman Mao. A cart-pusher in a silk mill, Xu Sanguan augments his meager salary with regular visits to the local blood chief. His visits become lethally frequent as he struggles to provide for his wife and three sons at the height of the Cultural Revolution. Shattered to discover that his favorite son was actually born of a liaison between his wife and a neighbor, he suffers his greatest indignity, while his wife is publicly scorned as a prostitute. Although the poverty and betrayals of Mao's regime have drained him, Xu Sanguan… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4000-3185-6
  • EAN: 9781400031856
  • Produktnummer: 19436963
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
  • Seitenangabe: 272 S.
  • Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.4 cm x D1.7 cm 201 g
  • Gewicht: 201

Über den Autor


YU HUA is the author of five novels, six story collections, and four essay collections. He has also contributed op-ed pieces to The New York Times. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He is the recipient of many awards, including the James Joyce Award, France's Prix Courrier International, and Italy's Premio Grinzane Cavour. He lives in Beijing.

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