The four books / Yan Lianke ; translated from the Chinese by Carlos Rojas.
By: Yan, Lianke [author.].
Contributor(s): Rojas, Carlos [translator.].
Publisher: New York : Grove Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First edition.Description: xii, 338 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780802123121 (hbk.).Uniform titles: Sishu. English Subject(s): 1949 - 1976 | Labor camps -- China -- Fiction | Communism -- China -- Fiction | Famines -- China -- Fiction | Communism | Economic history | Famines | Labor camps | China -- Economic conditions -- 1949-1976 -- Fiction | ChinaGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: [Fic] Summary: In the ninety-ninth district of a sprawling reeducation compound, freethinking artists and academics are detained to strengthen their loyalty to Communist ideologies. They are forced to carry out grueling physical work and are encouraged to inform on each other for dissident behavior. The prize: winning the chance at freedom. They're overseen by preadolescent supervisor, the Child, who delights in reward systems and excessive punishments. When agricultural and industrial production quotas are raised to an unattainable level, the ninety-ninth district dissolves into lawlessness. And then, as inclement weather and famine set in, they are abandoned by the regime and left alone to survive.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | PL2925.L54 S5713 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000006037 |
Originally published as Sishu by Mingpao Publishing Company, Ltd. in 2010.
In the ninety-ninth district of a sprawling reeducation compound, freethinking artists and academics are detained to strengthen their loyalty to Communist ideologies. They are forced to carry out grueling physical work and are encouraged to inform on each other for dissident behavior. The prize: winning the chance at freedom. They're overseen by preadolescent supervisor, the Child, who delights in reward systems and excessive punishments. When agricultural and industrial production quotas are raised to an unattainable level, the ninety-ninth district dissolves into lawlessness. And then, as inclement weather and famine set in, they are abandoned by the regime and left alone to survive.