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The Resource The corpse walker : real life stories, China from the bottom up, Liao Yiwu ; translated from the Chinese, by Wen Huang

The corpse walker : real life stories, China from the bottom up, Liao Yiwu ; translated from the Chinese, by Wen Huang

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A compilation of twenty-seven extraordinary oral histories that opens a window, unlike any other, onto the lives of ordinary, often outcast, Chinese men and women. Liao Yiwu (one of the best-known writers in China because he is also one of the most censored) chose his subjects from the bottom of Chinese society: people for whom the "new" China--the China of economic growth and globalization--is no more beneficial than the old. Here are a professional mourner, a trafficker in humans, a leper, an abbot, a retired government official, a former landowner, a mortician, a feng shui master, a former Red Guard, a political prisoner, a village teacher, a blind street musician, a Falun Gong practitioner, and many others--people who have been battered by life but who have managed to retain their dignity, their humor, and their essential, complex humanity. Liao's interviews were given from 1990 to 2003.--From amazon.com
Language
  • eng
  • chi
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition
Extent
xiv, 320 pages
Contents
  • 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
Isbn
9780375425424
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Label
The corpse walker : real life stories, China from the bottom up
Title
The corpse walker
Title remainder
real life stories, China from the bottom up
Statement of responsibility
Liao Yiwu ; translated from the Chinese, by Wen Huang
Creator
Subject
Language
  • eng
  • chi
  • eng
Summary
A compilation of twenty-seven extraordinary oral histories that opens a window, unlike any other, onto the lives of ordinary, often outcast, Chinese men and women. Liao Yiwu (one of the best-known writers in China because he is also one of the most censored) chose his subjects from the bottom of Chinese society: people for whom the "new" China--the China of economic growth and globalization--is no more beneficial than the old. Here are a professional mourner, a trafficker in humans, a leper, an abbot, a retired government official, a former landowner, a mortician, a feng shui master, a former Red Guard, a political prisoner, a village teacher, a blind street musician, a Falun Gong practitioner, and many others--people who have been battered by life but who have managed to retain their dignity, their humor, and their essential, complex humanity. Liao's interviews were given from 1990 to 2003.--From amazon.com
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1958-
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Liao, Yiwu
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Working class
  • Social structure
  • China
  • China
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The corpse walker : real life stories, China from the bottom up, Liao Yiwu ; translated from the Chinese, by Wen Huang
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
370812388
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
xiv, 320 pages
Isbn
9780375425424
Lccn
2007034160
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
The corpse walker : real life stories, China from the bottom up, Liao Yiwu ; translated from the Chinese, by Wen Huang
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
370812388
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
xiv, 320 pages
Isbn
9780375425424
Lccn
2007034160
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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