Red Dust by Ma Jian

Red Dust by Ma Jian

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Red Dust by Ma Jian

In 1983, at the age of thirty, dissident artist Ma Jian finds himself divorced by his wife, separated from his daughter, betrayed by his girlfriend, facing arrest for Spiritual Pollution, and severely disillusioned with the confines of life in Beijing. So with little more than a change of clothes and two bars of soap, Ma takes off to immerse himself in the remotest parts of China. His journey would last three years and take him through smog-choked cities and mountain villages, from scenes of barbarity to havens of tranquility. Remarkably written and subtly moving, the result is an insight into the teeming contradictions of China that only a man who was both insider and outsider in his own country could have written.

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ISBN 13 9780385720236
ISBN 10 0385720238
Title Red Dust
Author Ma Jian
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published 2002-11-12
Number of pages 336
Prizes Short-listed for Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize 2001
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.