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Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city.

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Highly readable. Publishers Weekly Zhu Wen has a brilliant feel for detail in this colloquial, slangy translation. -- Wingate Packard Seattle Times Brilliant... Wonderful... I Love Dollars is a publication that's not to be missed. -- Bradley Winterton Taipei Times Splendidly translated by Julia Lovell... an absorbing portrait of the go-go years in China. -- Jonathan Spence London Review of Books

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A Note About Chinese Names and Romanization Acknowledgments Da Ma's Way of Talking The Matchmaker The Apprentice The Football Fan Xiao Liu Mr. Hu Reeducation The Wharf

I Love Dollars and Other Stories of China

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/01/2007
      ISBN13: 9780231136945, 978-0231136945
      ISBN10: 0231136943

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city.

      Trade Review
      Highly readable. Publishers Weekly Zhu Wen has a brilliant feel for detail in this colloquial, slangy translation. -- Wingate Packard Seattle Times Brilliant... Wonderful... I Love Dollars is a publication that's not to be missed. -- Bradley Winterton Taipei Times Splendidly translated by Julia Lovell... an absorbing portrait of the go-go years in China. -- Jonathan Spence London Review of Books

      Table of Contents
      A Note About Chinese Names and Romanization Acknowledgments Da Ma's Way of Talking The Matchmaker The Apprentice The Football Fan Xiao Liu Mr. Hu Reeducation The Wharf

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