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The explosion chronicles / Yan Lianke ; translated from the Chinese by Carlos Rojas. by Yan, Lianke, 1958- Grove Press, 2016. Call #: FICTION YAN Subjects Upper class families -- Fiction.   Cities and towns -- Fiction.   Competition -- Fiction.   Power (Social sciences) -- Fiction.   China -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780802127259 (trade pbk.) 9780802125828 (hc.) 0802125824 (hc.) Uniform title:  Zha lie zhi. English. Edition:  1st Grove Atlantic hardcover ed. Description:  x, 457 p. ; 22 cm. Notes:  "Orginally published in Chinese as Zha lie zhi (Taibei Shi : Mai tian chu ban, 2013)."--T.p. verso. Translated from the Chinese. Summary:  "Man Booker International finalist Yan Lianke has been lauded for his imaginative satire and insightful cultural critique as 'one of China's greatest living authors' (Guardian). His internationally bestselling new novel, The Explosion Chronicles, follows the excessive expansion of a rural community from small village to megalopolis. With the Yi River on one side and the Balou Mountains on the other, the village of Explosion was founded more than a millennium ago by refugees fleeing a seismic volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new significance as the community grows explosively from a small village to a vast metropolis. Behind this rapid expansion are members of the community's three major families, including 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. Linked together by a complex web of loyalty, betrayal, desire, and ambition, these figures are the driving force behind their hometown's transformation into an urban superpower. Brimming with absurdity, intelligence, and wit, The Explosion Chronicles considers the high stakes of passion and power, the consequences of corruption and greed, the polarizing dynamics of love and hate between families, as well as the seemingly boundless excesses of capitalist culture."--From publisher. Genre:  Literary fiction. Chinese fiction -- Translations into English. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION YAN Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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