The vagrants : a novel
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Published
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2010.
Format
Book
Edition
Random House Trade Paperbacks ed.
ISBN
9780812973341, 0812973348
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 21 cm
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Published
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2010.
Edition
Random House Trade Paperbacks ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9780812973341, 0812973348
Notes
General Note
Includes reader's guide and discussion questions.
General Note
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House ... in 2009"--T.p. verso.
Description
In the provincial town of Muddy Waters in China, a young woman named Gu Shan is sentenced to death for her loss of faith in Communism. She is twenty-eight years old and has already spent ten years in prison. The citizens stage a protest after her death and, over the following six weeks, the town goes through uncertainty, hope, and fear until eventually the rebellion is brutally suppressed. Sumei, a mother of a young child, is sentenced to death as an anti-Communist activist. They are all taken on a painful journey; from one young woman's death to another. We follow the pain of Gu Shan's parents, the hope and fear of the leaders of the protest and their families. Even those who seem unconnected to the tragedy -- an eleven-year-old boy seeking fame and glory, a nineteen-year-old village idiot in love with a young and deformed girl, and old couple making a living by scavenging the town's garbage cans -- are caught up in remorseless turn of events.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Li, Y. (2010). The vagrants: a novel (Random House Trade Paperbacks ed.). Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Li, Yiyun, 1972-. 2010. The Vagrants: A Novel. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Li, Yiyun, 1972-. The Vagrants: A Novel New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Li, Yiyun. The Vagrants: A Novel Random House Trade Paperbacks ed., Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2010.
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