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The Explosion Chronicles
List members will be pleased to see both a Chinese author and his translator getting named among recent books of note.--Nick Kaldis
Source: THE NEW YORKER (11/28/16)
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The Explosion Chronicles, by Yan Lianke, translated from the Chinese by Carlos Rojas (Grove). Explosion City—the fictional town at the heart of this satire of Chinese corruption since the Communist Revolution—was named for nearby volcanoes. In the present day, the name has come to reflect its boomtown ways. The plot hinges on a prophecy about four brothers, which throws them into a frenzy of competitive self-enrichment—through train robbery, prostitution, and, eventually, American industry. Charting the arc from unprincipled Communism to lawless capitalism, Yan employs hyperbolic touches that facetiously evoke legend: applause at a rally lasts “for eight and a half hours, and many villagers clapped so hard their hands bled”; a critic of the new prosperity drowns in his neighbors’ spittle.
by denton.2 at osu.edu on December 1, 2016
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