China in ten words
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China in ten words by Yu Hua:
From Amazon:
"From one of China’s most acclaimed writers, his first work of nonfiction to appear in English: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades, told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the country’s meteoric economic and social transformation.
Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacular—“people,” “leader,” “reading,” “writing,” “Lu Xun” (one of the most influential Chinese writers of the twentieth century), “disparity,” “revolution,” “grassroots,” “copycat,” and “bamboozle”—China in Ten Words reveals as never before the world’s most populous yet oft-misunderstood nation. In “Disparity,” for example, Yu Hua illustrates the mind-boggling economic gaps that separate citizens of the country. In “Copycat,” he depicts the escalating trend of piracy and imitation as a creative new form of revolutionary action. And in “Bamboozle,” he describes the increasingly brazen practices of trickery, fraud, and chicanery that are, he suggests, becoming a way of life at every level of society.
Characterized by Yu Hua’s trademark wit, insight, and courage, China in Ten Words is a refreshingly candid vision of the “Chinese miracle” and all its consequences, from the singularly invaluable perspective of a writer living in China today."
http://www.amazon.com/China-Ten-Words-Yu-Hua/dp/0307379353/ref=pd_sim_b_...
sereneselchie
Re: China in ten words
When I met the author Yu Hua, he told me the background story about his another novel, Chronicle of a Blood Merchant.
His parents were doctors, he lived in the hospital, because back then people lived in where they worked. Every morning he saw farmers come and have their blood drawn, the merchant take the blood and pay them.
It was difficult for me to imagine what it was like so I asked,
" How did you feel when you saw it ?"
Yu Hua looked confused, he paused for a minute then said,
" I didn't feel anything because this is life, this is reality. "
Suddenly I felt the pain Chinese people went through.
expatbj
Links to download the book
China in Ten Words depicts a morally compromised nation, plagued by escalating unemployment, class polarization and endemic corruption and waste…the tone here is populist, with many comic digressions. This is a tale told by a raconteur, not an academic—an uneven mixture of memoir and polemic, farce and fury, short on statistics but long on passion. —The New York Times Book Review
click one of the following links to download the book
(ePub, 0.3MB): http://ifile.it/c6fwrbp
(mobi, 1MB): http://ifile.it/havfcb2
Amicus tuus, sed magis amica veritas
Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται ἡ ἀγάπη
Caritas patiens est benigna est
RemmyM
Re: China in ten words
10 words:
"It was nice in the beginning but now not so."
Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!
willysier
Re: China in ten words
Just got back from the bookworm to hear the heart wrenching news of Yuhua tickets for the Bookworm literary festival being sold out.. If anybody got hold of these and changes his/her mind, gets a sudden stomach ache or just wants to be magnanimous, I would love tickets for this talk: 15601127750. Thank youououou.