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Published 17 October 2016
ISBN 9781925240849
Format Trade Paperback
Extent 480pp
AU Price $29.99
NZ Price $37.00

The Explosion Chronicles



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A satirical novel about the explosive growth of modern China, from the 2016 Man Booker International finalist Yan Lianke

The village of Explosion was founded more than a millennium ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new significance as the community grows explosively. Three major families—linked by a complex web of loyalty, betrayal, desire and ambition—are the driving force behind their hometown’s transformation into an urban superpower.

Brimming with intelligence and wit, The Explosion Chronicles considers the high stakes of passion and power, the consequences of corruption and greed, the polarising dynamics of love and hate between families, and the seemingly unstoppable excesses of capitalism—it is a smart, flamboyant and poetic tale of ambition, lies and vice from China’s master satirist.

Published 17 October 2016
ISBN 9781925240849
Format Trade Paperback
Extent 480pp
AU Price $29.99
NZ Price $37.00

About the author

Yan Lianke

Yan Lianke has been called a 'master of imaginative satire' and named 'one of China's most successful fiction writers' by the New York Times. His satirical stories with often sensitive subjects have led to the banning of some of his works, including his novellaServe the People and the novel Dream of Ding Village. Yan's surrealist writing oscillates between military themes and the Chinese countryside, which lend the often absurdly miserable living conditions of rural life an equally surreal setting.

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