{"product_id":"the-explosion-chronicles-9781784701925","title":"The Explosion Chronicles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2017\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the Yi River on one side and the Balou Mountains on the other, the village of Explosion was founded a thousand years ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era, the name takes on a new significance as the rural community grows explosively from a small village to a town to a city to a vast megalopolis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehind this rapid expansion are three rival clans linked together by a web of ambition, madness and greed. Together they transform their hometown into a Babylon of modern times -- an unrivalled urban superpower built on lies, sex and thievery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the masters of modern Chinese literature' Jung Chang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharting the transformation of a rural village into a 21st- century megalopolis, it is \u003cb\u003ea boisterously inventive novel that conveys the everyday reality of modern China\u003c\/b\u003e -- David Mills * Sunday Times Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eAs much a parody of communist rule in China as a devastating critique of capitalist excess, power, greed and self-destruction, Yan’s novel is \u003cb\u003enothing short of a masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e -- Claire Kohda Hazelton * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e... A provocatively illuminating and perceptive insight into contemporary China -- David Mills * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ehyper-real tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e, a blistering condemnation of political corruption and excess masquerading as absurdist saga -- Catherine Taylor * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eA rip-roaring Swiftian satire from a contemporary Chinese master... Yan Lianke, one of China's most forthright and versatile novelists, enlists extravagant comedy and far-fetched fable to propel his critique of a society where \"power and money have colluded to steal people's souls\" * The Economist *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741240504663,"sku":"9781784701925","price":14.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784701925.jpg?v=1720056995","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-explosion-chronicles-9781784701925","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}