The Explosion Chronicles

By Yan Lianke

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ISBN
9780802125828
Publisher
Grove


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Starred Review on October 15, 2016  |  Fiction

Yan's latest translated-into-English title offers multiple rewarding options. As straightforward narrative, it follows the astounding transformation of Explosion, a rural mountain village, into a "megalopolis" through the entangled lives of the Kong family's four sons—a teacher, a politician, a soldier, and a caretaker. Add corruption, betrayal, power, obsession, and (of course) women, and the result is already an epic page-turner. Yet, as translator Rojas (kudos for his fluid rendering) illumina...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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