The Fat Years

The international sensation: A Chinese 1984

Chan Koonchung, Michael Duke

$32.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Black Swan
15 August 2012

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Banned in China, a Chinese 1984 that holds controversial secrets about both the leaders and the people

TRUTH IS NOT AN OPTION....

Beijing, sometime in the near future- a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one can care less. Except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that has possessed the Chinese nation. When they kidnap a high-ranking official and force him to reveal all, what they learn - not only about their leaders, but also about their own people - stuns them to the core. It is a message that will rock the world...

Terrifying methods of cunning, deception and terror are unveiled by the truth-seekers in this thriller-expose of the Communist Party's stranglehold on China today.

By: Chan Koonchung
Translated by: Michael Duke
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9780552776974
ISBN 10: 0552776971
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 15 August 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chan Koon-Chung is a journalist and screenwriter, born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong. He lives in Beijing with his wife.

Reviews for The Fat Years: The international sensation: A Chinese 1984

A fascinating tale of China just over the horizon The New Yorker A thought-provoking novel about China's tomorrow, which reveals the truth about China today -- Xinran, author of The Good Women of China The Fat Years remains valid because it is not simply a what might happen exercise in futurism. Its central conceit - that collective amnesia overtakes the entire country - is an all-encompassing metaphor for today's looming superpower... a triumph Observer A not-so-veiled satire of the Chinese government's tendency to make dates such as the Tiananmen massacre virtually disappear Financial Times Chan Koonchung's humorous tale reveals the distorted reality of China, where despite the supersonic development of its economy, political life is steadfastly unchanging -- Ma Jian