Author

Publication

2014 - Chatto & Windus, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

93,250 words, Guess

Page Count

373 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveiamchinazuiweila0000guox
  • ISBN-100701188197
  • ISBN-100701188200
  • ISBN-139780701188191
  • ISBN-139780701188207
and 8 more
  • ISBN-139781448161843
  • ISBN-101448161843
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014407629
  • OCLC Control Number876287021
  • Better World Books9781448161843
  • Better World Books9780701188191
  • Better World Books9780701188207
  • Open LibraryOL28372786M

Classifications

  • DDC823.92
  • LCCPR9450.9.G86 I26 2014b
  • LCCPR9450.9.G86
and 1 more
  • LCCPR9450.9.G86 I15 2014

Alternate Titles

  • Zui wei lan di hai

Description

"In her flat in north London, Iona Kirkpatrick sets to work on a new project translating a collection of letters and diaries by a Chinese musician. With each letter and journal entry, Iona becomes more and more intrigued with the unfolding story of two lovers: Jian, a punk rocker who believes there is no art without political commitment, and Mu, the young woman he loves as fiercely as his ideals"--Dust jacket flap.

Description

In a flat above a noisy north London market, translator Iona Kirkpatrick starts work on a Chinese letter: Dearest Mu, The sun is piercing, old bastard sky. I am feeling empty and bare. Nothing is in my soul, apart from the image of you. I am writing to you from a place I cannot tell you about yet. Perhaps when I am safe I will be able to let you know where I am ... In a detention centre in Dover exiled Chinese musician Jian is awaiting an unknown fate. In Beijing his girlfriend Mu sends desperate letters to London to track him down, her last memory of them together a roaring rock concert and Jian the king on stage. Until the state police stormed in. As Iona unravels the story of these Chinese lovers from their first flirtations at Beijing University to Jian's march in the Jasmine Revolution, Jian and Mu seem to be travelling further and further away from each other while Iona feels more and more alive. Intoxicated by their romance, Iona sets out to bring them back together, but time seems to be running out.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • I am ChinaChatto & Windus2014

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