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The Explosion Chronicles
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The Explosion Chronicles

Yan Lianke
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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2017

With 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.

Behind 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.

‘One of the masters of modern Chinese literature’ Jung Chang

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 March 2018
Pages
480
ISBN
9781784701925

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2017

With 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.

Behind 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.

‘One of the masters of modern Chinese literature’ Jung Chang

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 March 2018
Pages
480
ISBN
9781784701925

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