The Corpse Walker
Real Life Stories: China From the Bottom Up
Real Life Stories: China From the Bottom Up
By Liao Yiwu
By Liao Yiwu
By Liao Yiwu
By Liao Yiwu
Category: Asian World History | Domestic Politics
Category: Asian World History | Domestic Politics
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Paperback $18.00
May 05, 2009 | ISBN 9780307388377
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The Strange Case of Dr. Couney
Walking with the Comrades
The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot
The Chinese in America
Koba the Dread
Embers of War
33 Men
Asia’s Cauldron
Praise
“Revealing. . . . full of forbearance and forgiveness. . . . Each re-created interview…captures a particular individual at a crucial time in Chinese history.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Stunning. . . . Revealing in its incidental details. . . . Liao brings us fascinating insights into the lives of all manner of workers….an addictive book.”
—Bookforum
“Reading The Corpse Walker is like walking with Liao: Even though our feet are not blistered and our bodies are not starved, in the end we are shaken and moved.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
Table Of Contents
Foreword by Philip Gourevitch
Introduction: The Voice of China’s Social Outcasts by Wen Huang
The Professional Mourner
The Human Trafficker
The Public Restroom Manager
The Corpse Walkers
The Leper
The Peasant Emperor
The Feng Shui Master
The Abbot
The Composer
The Rightist
The Retired Official
The Former Landowner
The Yi District Chief’s Wife
The Village Teacher
The Mortician
The Neighborhood Committee Director
The Former Red Guard
The Counterrevolutionary
The Tiananmen Father
The Falun Gong Practitioner
The Illegal Border Crosser
The Grave Robber
The Safecracker
The Blind Erhu Player
The Street Singer
The Sleepwalker
The Migrant Worker
Translator’s Acknowledgments
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