Wang Changchi shouldn't be here. For generations, his family have dreamed of escaping their poverty-stricken village, with all hopes on him to finally make it out - but when he misses his chance due to a twist of fate, his only way into the city is by risking his life as an illegal construction worker.Even if his chance has gone, he can still stake it all on the next generation. The Wangs could finally have a winner - all it would take is a few words on the right documents. But the cost of rewriting fate could require giving up everything…
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For generations, Wang Changchi’s family have dreamed of escaping their poverty-stricken village. When a twist of fate takes his chance away, he joins the hordes of illegal migrant workers risking their lives for a shot at city life. Still hoping for a reversal of fortune, will he risk it all for one more chance to bring success to his family?
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‘What is important is how Dong Xi uses vigorous language to depict vigorous oppression and vigorous resistance’ - YU HUA, author of To Live and Chronicles of a Blood Merchant
If you can’t afford luck, all you can get is compensation.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781838905736
Publisert
2024-10-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Sinoist Books
Vekt
542 gr
Høyde
224 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
360

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Dong Xi (1966-) is the pen name of Tian Dailin. Born in Guangxi Province, Chinese critics include him among the “New Generation” of writers. Notable works include the novels A Resounding Slap in the Face, Record of Regret and Fate Rewritten, as well as the novella Life without Language, which won the Lu Xun Literary Award. He is Writer in Residence at the Guangxi University for Nationalities. John Balcom is a translator of Chinese literature, philosophy and children's books. His translations have won numerous grants and awards, including an NEA Translation fellowship and the Northern California Book Award. Dr Balcom is Professor Emeritus at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California and a past president of the American Literary Translators Association.