China Mountain Zhang
$24.99
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
13 December 2016
Summary
‘I am Zhang, alone with my light, and in that light I think for a moment that I am free.’
Imagine a world where Chinese Marxism has vanquished the values of capitalism and Lenin is the prophet of choice. A cybernetic world where the new charioteers are flyers, human-powered kites dancing in the skies over New York in a brief grab at glory. A world where the opulence of Beijing marks a new cultural imperialism, as wealthy urbanites flirt with interactive death in illegal speakeasies, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473214620 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473214629 |
| Author: | Maureen F. McHugh |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 13 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 239g |
| Dimensions: | 154mm x 199mm x 22mm |
| Series: | S.F. Masterworks |
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An intelligent, stisfying, readable novel - Interzone
A fine opening performance in what will surely be a long, distinguished career - Washington Post Book WorldA first novel this good gives every reader a chance to share in the pleasure of discovery - The New York TimesAn astonishing tour de force … a rich and amazingly intelligent novel - Isaac Asimov’s SF MagazineDistinctive, evocative, and occasionally so brilliant that it’s hard to believe this is a first novel - LocusAbout The Author
Maureen F. McHugh
Maureen F. McHugh was born in Loveland, Ohio, and educated at Ohio University and New York University. She taught in China for a year, and her experiences there and in New York formed the basis of her first novel, China Mountain Zhang. She has lived in New York City, Shijiazhuang, China, and Austin, Texas. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
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