I Love Dollars: And Other Stories of China

by Zhu Wen

Book Overview

In five richly imaginative novellas and a short story, Zhu Wen depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. A frank reflection of the seamier side of his nation's increasingly capitalist society, Zhu Wen's fiction offers an audaciously plainspoken account of the often hedonistic individualism that is feverishly taking root.

Set against the mundane landscapes of contemporary China-a worn Yangtze River vessel,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231136943
• ISBN13: 9780231136945
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Sweet

Short but sweet review - This book is lovely. Absolutely amazing really. Just very, very good writing, wry, insightful, a joy to read.