{"product_id":"the-fat-years-paperback","title":"The Fat Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChan Koonchung\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Tse\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn entire month has gone missing from Chinese records. No one has any memory of it, and no one seems to care except for a small circle of friends who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that have possessed the nation. When they kidnap a high-ranking official and force him to reveal all, what they learn--not only about their leaders, but also about their own people--stuns them to the core. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fat Years \u003c\/i\u003eis a complex novel of ideas that reveals all too chillingly the machinations of the postmodern totalitarian state and sets in sharp relief the importance of remembering the past in order to protect the future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAN KOONCHUNG is a novelist, journalist, and screenwriter. Born in Shanghai and raised and educated in Hong Kong, he studied at the University of Hong Kong and Boston University. He has published more than a dozen Chinese-language books and in 1976 founded the monthly magazine \u003ci\u003eCity\u003c\/i\u003e in Hong Kong, of which he was the chief editor and then publisher for twenty-three years. He has been a producer on more than thirteen films. Chan Koonchung now lives in Beijing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.02 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685181820991,"sku":"9780307742827","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/330109af43ece75d30f7eb161d73bbdd.webp?v=1764970159","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-fat-years-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}