The Seventh Day
A Novel
Yang Fei was born on a train as it raced across the Chinese countryside. Lost by his mother, adopted by a young switchman, raised with simplicity and love, he is utterly unprepared for the changes that await him and his country. As a young man, he searches for a place to belong in a nation ceaselessly reinventing itself, but he remains on the edges of society. At forty-one, he meets an unceremonious death, and lacking the money for a burial plot, must roam the afterworld aimlessly. There, over the course of seven days, he encounters the souls of people he's lost. As he retraces the path of his life, we meet an extraordinary cast of ch…
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Weitere Autoren: Barr, Allan H.
- ISBN: 978-0-8041-7205-9
- EAN: 9780804172059
- Produktnummer: 18615150
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H20.2 cm x B13.4 cm x D1.7 cm 244 g
- Gewicht: 244
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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