Red Dust - Couverture souple

Jian, Ma

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099283298 ISBN 13 : 9780099283294

Editeur : Vintage, 2002

Synopsis

Red Dust A uniquely magnetic work of travel writing, "Red Dust" is one of the most intimate portraits of modern China to reach Western readers. In this unforgettable travelogue, Jian pays tribute to this incredible landscape while offering an invigorating meditation on the universal questions of love, truth, and freedom. Illustrations. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1983, Ma Jian turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. With his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, Ma Jian was under surveillance from his work unit and the police, as Deng Xiaoping clamped down on 'Spiritual Pollution'. His ex-wife was seeking custody of their daughter; his girlfriend was sleeping with another man; and he could no longer find the inspiration to write or paint. One day he bought a train ticket to the westernmost border of China and set off in search of himself.

Ma Jian's journey would last three years and take him to deserts and overpopulated cities, from scenes of barbarity to havens of tranquillity and beauty. The result is an utterly unique insight into the teeming contradictions of China that only a man who was both an insider and an outsider in his own country could have written.

Revue de presse

"Enthralling... He depicts a land of extraordinary physical beauty and interest and his prose is always elegant. Read this book for its human truthfulness and for unforgettable moments" (Daily Telegraph)

"Red Dust is a tour de force, a powerfully picaresque cross between the sort of travel book any Western author would give his eye-teeth to write, and a disturbing confession" (Independent)

"It opens windows on landscapes small and vast, all still largely unobserved and unknown to Westerners" (Observer)

"Honest, raw, insightful... The Chinese equivalent of On the Road" (Time)

"[Ma's] powers of description make every page buzz with life... Someone who could rank among the great travel writers" (New York Times Book Review)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0099283298
• ISBN 13: 9780099283294
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336