Description
A mock-dynastic chronicle unfolds in the river-and-mountains landscape of Explosion, a village founded by refugees and destined—through ambition, spectacle, and relentless “progress”—to be remade into a super metropolis. As three families vie to steer the town’s explosive growth, the story builds a satirical, mythic panorama of passion and power, exposing how corruption, greed, and capitalist excess can turn love, loyalty, and community into instruments of rivalry. Blending mythology with realism and fantasy with biting irony, Yan Lianke’s distinctive style uses meta-text and parody to frame the “official” story of development as both absurd and chillingly plausible. The result is an unforgettable, high-stakes tale about what a society becomes when expansion is treated as destiny.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2017
ISBN: 9781473523371
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Details
First Published
2016
Language
eng
Translation
From: zho
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