Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao
ISBN-13:
9781885983725
ISBN-10:
1885983727
Author:
Jonathan Tel
Publication date:
2020
Publisher:
Turtle Point Press
Format:
Paperback
220 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781885983725
ISBN-10:
1885983727
Author:
Jonathan Tel
Publication date:
2020
Publisher:
Turtle Point Press
Format:
Paperback
220 pages
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Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao (ISBN-13: 9781885983725 and ISBN-10: 1885983727), written by authors
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"A tour de force of deep knowledge, uncanny powers of observation, and brilliant tragicomic invention." ―James Lasdun
“A remarkable and very moving feat of storytelling.” ―Andrew Holgate
China is the center of the world, and the center of China is Beijing, and at the center of Beijing is a billionaire financier named Qin. At the opening of this novel-in-stories, billionaire Qin is lying in state at his funeral, victim of a sudden and premature death. Moving back and forth in time, we meet a wide range of Chinese, all linked to Qin by a degree or two of separation: a property developer, a street artist, a prostitute, a fashion model, a spy, a thief, an expat lawyer, a muckraking journalist. By the end of this biting, post-post-modern cultural observation, the manner of Qin’s death is revealed. Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao presents today’s China in its full and fabulous complexity.
“A remarkable and very moving feat of storytelling.” ―Andrew Holgate
China is the center of the world, and the center of China is Beijing, and at the center of Beijing is a billionaire financier named Qin. At the opening of this novel-in-stories, billionaire Qin is lying in state at his funeral, victim of a sudden and premature death. Moving back and forth in time, we meet a wide range of Chinese, all linked to Qin by a degree or two of separation: a property developer, a street artist, a prostitute, a fashion model, a spy, a thief, an expat lawyer, a muckraking journalist. By the end of this biting, post-post-modern cultural observation, the manner of Qin’s death is revealed. Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao presents today’s China in its full and fabulous complexity.
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