| Description |
117 p. ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
What was communism? ; 5
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What was communism? ; 5.
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| Note |
Translation from Chinese of: Bian. |
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Series numbering from dust jacket. |
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Translated from the Chinese. |
| Summary |
"In Change, China's foremost novelist Mo Yan personalizes the social and political changes in his country over the past few decades in a novella disguised as autobiography (or vice versa). Unlike most historical narratives from China, which are pegged to political events, Change is a representative of 'people's history', a bottom-up rather than top-down view of a country in flux. By moving back and forth in time and focusing on small events and everyday people, the author breathes life into history by describing the effects of larger-than-life events on the average citizen."-- Publisher's statement, p. [4] of cover. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
| Subject |
China -- Politics and government -- 1949- -- Fiction.
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China -- Social conditions -- 1949- -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Goldblatt, Howard, 1939-
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| Added Title |
Bian. English
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| ISBN |
9780857421609 (pbk., from back cover) |
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0857421603 (pbk., from back cover) |
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9780857421616 (pbk., from t.p. verso) |
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0857421611 (pbk., from t.p. verso) |
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