Ai Wei

The Road Home (eBook, ePUB)

All of the pores on his body opened up after he smelled gunpowder, and his whole body relaxed: Penguin Specials
Übersetzer: Xin Liu, Alice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Jiefang is a boy who has a peculiar fascination with gunpowder and is gifted with a nose that can find it from miles away. Trouble follows when his father paints a picture of a war hero bomber below the portrait of Chairman Mao and is quickly labelled a Counter-Revolutionary. Despite his loyal devotion to the Party, his father is taken away and Jiefang faces bullying from a clique of classmates. As the feud between them escalates, Jiefang's unexpected discovery of a bomb leads him to continue exploring his unusual affinity for gunpowder, and what it means to truly be a 'hero.'

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Australia
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781760145118
• Artikelnr.: 62451069

Autorenporträt

Ai Wei is the Chairman of the Zhejiang Writers Association and is considered one of the prominent '60s authors of China. He is the author of six novels, such as The Wind is Beautiful and Sunny and Comrade Love. He is also the author of several collections of short stories and novellas, including The Whole Universe is Talking to Me and Country Film.

Alice Xin Liu is a writer and translator living in Beijing. Born in China, she left aged seven and was educated in Britain, graduating from Durham University studying English Literature. Since arriving in Beijing in 2007 she has worked as a news assistant for the Guardian, China Editor for Index on Censorship, editor at the Financial Times-affiliated Danwei.org (founded by Jeremy Goldkorn), and as Managing Editor of Pathlight: New Chinese Writing, with Paper Republic. Alice has translated two books: The Letters of Shen Congwen (Yilin Publishing House) and The Problem with Me: And Other Essays on Making Trouble in China by Han Han (Simon and Schuster). Her freelance writings have appeared in n+1, Granta, the Guardian, Asymptote and other places. She is working on a novel. Her Twitter: @axliu. Sick of the mansplaining about China, since July 18, 2018 Alice hosts the biweekly podcast the NüVoices podcast with Joanna Chiu and Sophie Lu, hosted on SupChina.com.