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Author Chen, Qiufan, 1981- author.

Title Waste tide / Chen Qiufan ; translated by Ken Liu.

Publication Info. New York : Tor, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  SF CHEN, Q.    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  CHEN, QIUFAN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Fiction  FIC-CHEN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  SF CHEN, Q.    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Adult Fiction  F CHEN, QUIFAN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Science Fiction  CHEN    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  F CHEN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Science Fiction  SCI FI CHEN    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 347 pages ; 25 cm
Note A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Summary "Mimi is a 'waste girl', a member of the lowest caste on Silicon Isle. Located off China's southeastern coast, Silicon Isle is the global capital for electronic waste recycling, where thousands like Mimi toil day and night, hoping one day they too will enjoy the wealth they've created for their employers, the three clans who have ruled the isle for generations. Luo Jincheng is the head of one of these clans, a role passed down from his father and grandfather before him. As the government enforces tighter restrictions, Luo in turn tightens the reins on the waste workers in his employ. Ruthlessness is his means of survival. Scott Brandle has come to Silicon Isle representing TerraGreen Recycling, an American corporation that stands to earn ungodly sums if they can reach a deal to modernize the island's recycling process. Chen Kaizong, a Chinese American, travels to Silicon Isle as Scott's interpreter. There, Kaizong is hoping to find his heritage, but finds more questions instead. The home he longs for may not exist. As these forces collide, a dark futuristic virus is unleashed on the island, and war erupts between the rich and the poor; between Chinese tradition and American ambition; between humanity's past and its future"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Electronic waste -- Fiction.
Diseases -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Science fiction, Chinese -- 21st century -- Translations into English.
ISBN 9780765389312 (hardcover)
0765389312 (hardcover)
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