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008    160711s2016    nyu           000 1 eng   
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020    9780802125828|q(hardback) 
020    0802125824|q(hardback) 
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050 00 PL2925.L54|bZ413 2016 
082 00 895.13/52|223 
092    895.1352 
100 1  Yan, Lianke,|d1958-|eauthor. 
240 10 Zha lie zhi.|lEnglish 
245 14 The explosion chronicles :|ba novel /|cYan Lianke ; 
       translated by Carlos Rojas. 
264  1 New York :|bGrove Press,|c2016. 
300    x, 457 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Orginally published in Chinese as Zha lie zhi (Taibei Shi 
       : Mai tian chu ban, 2013). 
520    "Man Booker International finalist Yan Lianke has been 
       lauded for his imaginative satire and insightful cultural 
       critique as "one of China's greatest living authors" 
       (Guardian). His internationally bestselling new novel, The
       Explosion Chronicles, follows the excessive expansion of a
       rural community from small village to megalopolis. With 
       the Yi River on one side and the Balou Mountains on the 
       other, the village of Explosion was founded more than a 
       millennium ago by refugees fleeing a seismic volcanic 
       eruption. But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new 
       significance as the community grows explosively from a 
       small village to a vast metropolis. Behind this rapid 
       expansion are members of the community's three major 
       families, including the four Kong brothers; Zhu Ying, the 
       daughter of the former village chief; and Cheng Qing, who 
       starts out as a secretary and goes on to become a powerful
       political and business figure. Linked together by a 
       complex web of loyalty, betrayal, desire, and ambition, 
       these figures are the driving force behind their 
       hometown's transformation into an urban superpower. 
       Brimming with absurdity, intelligence, and wit, The 
       Explosion Chronicles considers the high stakes of passion 
       and power, the consequences of corruption and greed, the 
       polarizing dynamics of love and hate between families, as 
       well as the seemingly boundless excesses of capitalist 
       culture"--|cProvided by publisher. 
520    The village of Explosion was founded more than a 
       millennium ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. 
       But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new 
       significance as the community grows explosively. Three 
       major families;linked by a complex web of loyalty, 
       betrayal, desire and ambition;are the driving force behind
       their hometown's transformation into an urban superpower. 
       Brimming with intelligence and wit, The Explosion 
       Chronicles considers the high stakes of passion and power,
       the consequences of corruption and greed, the polarizing 
       dynamics of love and hate between families, and the 
       seemingly unstoppable excesses of capitalism;it is a smart,
       flamboyant and poetic tale of ambition, lies and vice from
       China's master satirist. -- Provided by publisher. 
650  0 Upper class families|vFiction. 
650  0 Cities and towns|xGrowth|vFiction. 
650  0 Competition|vFiction. 
650  0 Power (Social sciences)|vFiction. 
650  7 Cities and towns|xGrowth.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00861781 
650  7 Competition.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00871464 
650  7 Power (Social sciences)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01074219 
650  7 Upper class families.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01162150 
651  0 China|vFiction. 
651  7 China.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01206073 
655  7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
700 1  Rojas, Carlos,|d1970-|etranslator. 
994    92|bCKE