RED DUST by Ma Jian ( 9780099283294 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

RED DUST

By:

Ma Jian

Format:

Paperback

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£12.99

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£9.48

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£3.51

ISBN 10:

0099283298

ISBN 13:

9780099283294

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Publisher:

VINTAGE PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

2 May, 2002

Pages:

336

Translated from:

Chinese

Description:

In 1983, the author turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. With his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, he was under surveillance from his work unit and the police, as Deng Xiaoping clamped down on 'Spiritual Pollution'. This book tells his story.

Synopsis:

In 1983, Ma Jian turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. Deng Xiaoping was introducing economic reform but clamping down on 'Spiritual Pollution'; young people were rebelling. With his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, Ma Jian was under surveillance from his work unit and the police. His ex-wife was seeking custody of their daughter; his girlfriend was sleeping with another man. He could no longer find the inspiration to write or paint. One day he bought a train ticket to the westernmost border of China and set off in search of himself. His journey would last three years and take him to deserts and overpopulated cities. The result is a compelling and utterly unique insight into the teeming contradictions of China that only a man who was both an insider and an outsider in his own country could have written.

Publication:

Imprint:

Vintage

Prizes:

Winner of Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 2002 Short-listed for Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 2002

Returns:

Returnable

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