The Drink and Dream Teahouse by Justin Hill
When Space Rocket Factory Number Two closes down in the small Chinese town of Shaoyang, it is the signal for the old culture to confront the new. Party Secretary Li cannot cope, and commits suicide, but not before daubing a series of slogans onto sheets of rice paper and hanging them outside his bedroom window (Our Leaders Are Drunk On The Taste Of Corruption reads one; The Party Officials Are Screwing Our Daughters, reads another).Those left behind have to clear up after him: Old Zhu has to keep Party Secretary Li's ashes in the bottom of his wardrobe. On the other side of the courtyard, their aria singing neighbour Madam Fan is temporarily silenced by the tragedy. Meanwhile Old Zhu's son, Da Shan, has returned from the city and fallen in love with not one but two childhood sweethearts.
Justin Hill is the author of one previous work, A Bend in the Yellow River. Born in 1971, he worked with VSO and lived in China for many years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780753813201 |
| ISBN 10 | 0753813203 |
| Title | The Drink and Dream Teahouse |
| Author | Justin Hill |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2002-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 324 |
| Prizes | Winner of Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2003 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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