Availability:In StockContributor:Fang Fang, Michael Berry (Translator)Series:Weatherhead Books on AsiaPublish date:03/18/25Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231215015ISBN-10:231215010UPC:9780231215015Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World LiteratureBook Topic:ChinaSize:8.35 x 5.43 x 1.02 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCJA5TKD8G
The Running Flame
"She knew that if she didn't say her piece, that flame would never be extinguished; even after death, it would continue raging."
The Running Flame opens with its protagonist in prison awaiting execution, desperate to give an account of her life. Yingzhi, a girl from the countryside, sees opportunity in the liberal trends sweeping across China. After high school, she joins a song-and-dance troupe,...Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231215015ISBN-10:231215010UPC:9780231215015Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World LiteratureBook Topic:ChinaSize:8.35 x 5.43 x 1.02 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCJA5TKD8G
Fang Fang is the pen name of Wang Fang, one of contemporary China's most celebrated writers. Her books in English include Soft Burial, also translated by Michael Berry. Fang Fang's account of the COVID-19 lockdown in her hometown, Wuhan Diary, was translated into twenty languages and garnered critical acclaim from major media outlets around the world.
Michael Berry is professor of contemporary...Publisher: Columbia University Press
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