The Fat Years
By Chan Koonchung
Translated by David Tse
By Chan Koonchung
Translated by David Tse
By Chan Koonchung
By Chan Koonchung
By Chan Koonchung
Read by David Tse
By Chan Koonchung
Read by David Tse
Category: Science Fiction | Literary Fiction
Category: Science Fiction | Literary Fiction
Category: Science Fiction | Literary Fiction | Audiobooks
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$16.00
Jan 08, 2013 | ISBN 9780307742827
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Jan 10, 2012 | ISBN 9780385534352
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Jan 10, 2012 | ISBN 9780449011485
600 Minutes
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Praise
“An uncommon novel…. With its offbeat puzzle and diverting characters … Chan’s story is not only absorbing in its own right, it also shines reflected light on the foibles of the West.” —The New York Times
“Smart, incendiary. . . . Although The Fat Years clearly owes a debt to Brave New World, Chan’s characters are infinitely more believable, and drawn with a real sense of sympathy and understanding.” —Michael Schaub, NPR
“A cunning caricature of modern China.” —Los Angeles Times
“It’s no wonder that the insecure Chinese authorities have banned this book in China itself. It tells stunning truths that those authorities strive hard to keep under the rug, and it tells them with a literary flair worthy of Orwell.” —Richard Bernstein, author of The Coming Conflict with China
“In conjuring China’s very near future, Chan Koonchung has given us a bracingly honest portrait of the present.” —The New Yorker
“A not-so-veiled satire of the Chinese government’s tendency to make dates such as the Tiananmen massacre of June 4 1989 virtually disappear from the country’s history.” —Financial Times
“Inventive and highly topical.” —The Wall Street Journal
“An audacious view of a counterfeit paradise. . . . This novel isn’t only essential reading, it is also urgent.” —The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“To touch on so many issues . . . in such a compelling narrative is a triumph, abetted by an excellent translation by Michael Duke.” —The Guardian (London)
“A thought-provoking novel about China’s tomorrow that reveals the truth about China today.” —Xinran, author of The Good Women of China
“The Fat Years presents a vivid, intelligent and disturbing picture of the world’s emerging super-power.” —The Spectator
“Eerily prescient. . . A gripping . . . treatise on the rise of China, present and future.” —Toronto Star
“Bracing, smart and entertaining.” —The Independent (London)
“Hardly a thriller in the conventional sense of the word but a lot more scary than most.” —The Times (London)
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