Dimensions
127 x 234 x 23mm
From the acclaimed author of Brothers and To Live: a major new novel that limns the joys and sorrows of modern China a deeply resonant contemporary fable, written with the authorand#39;s hallmark sophisticated yet bawdy humor and piercing eye for the telling detail.Yang Fei was born on a moving train, lost by his mother, adopted by a young switchman, raised with simplicity and love 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. 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 heand#39;s lost, and as he retraces the path of his life, we meet an extraordinary cast of characters: his adoptive father, beautiful ex-wife, neighbors who perished in the demolition of their homes. Vivid, urgent, and panoramic, Yang Feiand#39;s passage movingly traces the contours of his vast nation its absurdities, its sorrows, and its soul. This searing novel affirms Yu Huaand#39;s place as the standard-bearer of Chinese fiction.
