{"product_id":"china-dream-paperback","title":"China Dream - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMa Jian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFlora Drew\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlending fact and fiction, this darkly comic fable \"may be the purest distillation yet of Mr. Ma's talent for probing the country's darkest corners and exposing what he regards as the Communist Party's moral failings\" (Mike Ives, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalled \"Red Guards meet Kurt Vonnegut . . . powerful!\" by Margaret Atwood on Twitter, \u003ci\u003eChina Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching satire of totalitarianism. Ma Daode, a corrupt and lecherous party official, is feeling pleased with himself. He has an impressive office, three properties, and multiple mistresses who text him day and night. After decades of loyal service, he has been appointed director of the China Dream Bureau, charged with replacing people's private dreams with President Xi Jinping's great China Dream of national rejuvenation. But just as he is about to present his plan for a mass golden wedding anniversary celebration, his sanity begins to unravel. Suddenly plagued by flashbacks of the Cultural Revolution, Ma Daode's nightmare visions from the past threaten to destroy his dream of a glorious future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExposing the damage inflicted on a nation's soul when authoritarian regimes, driven by an insatiable hunger for power, seek to erase memory, rewrite history, and falsify the truth, \u003ci\u003eChina Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is a dystopian vision of repression, violence, and state-imposed amnesia that is set not in the future, but in China today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMa Jian\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Qingdao, China. He is the author of seven novels, a travel memoir, three story collections, and two essay collections. His work has been translated into twenty-six languages. Since publication of his first book in 1987, all his work has been banned in China. He now lives in exile in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFLORA DREW's\u003c\/b\u003e translations from the Chinese include Ma Jian's \u003ci\u003eRed Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Noodle Maker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStick Out Your Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeijing Coma\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Road\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700816187455,"sku":"9781640093867","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/266d243683e36774c6ada5f1ae2671cb.webp?v=1765018279","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/china-dream-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}