Brothers
A surreal tale of two brothers riding the dizzying roller coaster of life in a newly capitalist world. As comically mismatched teenagers, Baldy Li, a sex-obsessed ne'er-do-well, and Song Gang, his bookish, sensitive stepbrother, vow that they will always be brothers--a bond they will struggle to mai...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Chinese |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Summary: | A surreal tale of two brothers riding the dizzying roller coaster of life in a newly capitalist world. As comically mismatched teenagers, Baldy Li, a sex-obsessed ne'er-do-well, and Song Gang, his bookish, sensitive stepbrother, vow that they will always be brothers--a bond they will struggle to maintain over the years as they weather the ups and downs of rivalry in love and making and losing millions in the new China. Their tribulations play out across a richly populated backdrop that is every bit as vibrant: the rapidly-changing village of Liu Town, full of such lively characters as the self-important Poet Zhao, the craven dentist Yanker Yu, the virginal town beauty (turned madam) Lin Hong, and the simpering vendor Popsicle Wang. With sly and biting humor, combined with an insightful and compassionate eye for the lives of ordinary people, Yu Hua shows how the madness of the Cultural Revolution has transformed into the equally rabid madness of extreme materialism.--From Amazon.com. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in China in two volumes as Xiong di by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House in 2005 and 2006"--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 641 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780375424991 0375424997 |
