Beijing Coma
of Ma Jian, Flora Drew (Translator)
Description
Dai Wei has been unconscious for almost a decade. A medical student and a pro-democracy protestor in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, he was struck by a soldierâs bullet and fell into a deep coma. As soon as the hospital authorities discovered that he had been an activist, his mother was forced to take him home. She allowed pharmacists access to his body and sold his urine and his left kidney to fund special treatment from Master Yao, a member of the outlawed Falun Gong sect. But during a government crackdown, the Master was arrested, and Dai Waiâs motherâwho had fallen in love with himâlost her mind. As the millennium draws near, a sparrow flies through the window and lands on Dai Weiâs naked chest, a sign that he must emerge from his coma. But China has also undergone a massive transformation while Dai Wei lay unconscious. As he prepares to take leave of his old metal bed, Dai Wei realizes that the rich, imaginative world afforded to him as a coma patient is a startling contrast with the death-in-life of the world outside. At once a powerful allegory of a rising China, racked by contradictions, and a seminal examination of the Tiananmen Square protests, Beijing Coma is Ma Jianâs masterpiece. Spiked with dark wit, poetic beauty, and deep rage, this extraordinary novel confirms his place as one of the worldâs most significant living writers.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 586 pages
- Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux
- Publication Date May 27th 2008
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780374110178
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
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