Title Bullets and opium : real-life stories of China after the Tiananmen Square Massacre / Liao Yiwu ; translated by David Cowhig, Jessie Cowhig, and Ross Perlin.

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New York : Atria Books, 2019.

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Edition	First Atria books hardcover edition.
Description	312 pages ; 24 cm
Note	"Originally published: Die Kugel und das Opium : Leben und Tod am Platz des Himmlischen Friedens. Germany : Fischer, 2012.
Language	"Translated from the Chinese by David and Jessie Cowhig and Ross Perlin."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction / by Ian Johnson -- Prologue: "All you want is money! All I want is revolution!" -- Part 1. Beijing -- The performance artist -- The massacre painter -- The idealist -- The arsonists -- The captain -- The squad leader -- The street fighter -- The hooligan -- The prisoner of conscience -- Part 2. Sichuan -- The animal tamer -- The accomplice -- The poet -- The prisoners -- The author -- Afterword: The last moments of Liu Xiaobo -- Appendix one. A guide to what really happened -- Appendix two. List of 202 people killed in the massacre -- Appendix three. List of 49 wounded or disabled in the massacre.
Summary	"From the award-winning poet, dissident, and "one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our time" (Philip Gourevitch) comes a raw, evocative, and unforgettable look at the Tiananmen Square massacre through the eyes of those who were there."--Provided by publisher.
Subject	Tiananmen Square Incident (China : 1989) (OCoLC)fst01355149
	Dissenters. (OCoLC)fst00895401
	China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 -- Personal narratives.
	Political prisoners -- China -- Interviews.
	Dissenters -- China -- Interviews.
	Political prisoners -- China -- Biography.
	Dissenters -- China -- Biography.
	Political prisoners. (OCoLC)fst01069636
	China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
Chronological Term	1989
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
	Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
Added Author	Cowhig, David, translator.
	Cowhig, Jessie, translator.
	Perlin, Ross, translator.
Added Title	Kugel und das Opium. English
	Real-life stories of China after the Tiananmen Square Massacre
ISBN	9781982126643 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	1982126647

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