The Explosion Chronicles




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
Go to description and details| Publisher | Vintage Books |
| Pages | 457 |
| Language | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-1-78470-192-5 |
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
| Publisher | Vintage Books |
| Pages | 457 |
| Language | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-1-78470-192-5 |
| Cover | Мягкий переплёт |
| Dimensions | 128 × 30 × 197 mm |
| Weight, g | 379 |