Chronicle of a Blood Merchant Chinese Zodiac Exploring these histories and many

Exploring these histories and many more

at this historical juncture characterized by the rise of China

Each letter unfolds as a chapter

and a village hollowed-out by emigration

More Confessions of a Mask than Well of Loneliness

Chronicle of a Blood Merchant Chinese Zodiac Exploring these histories and manyPublisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Imprint: Anchor Books Pub date: 31 May 2013 Language: English Number of pages: 272 Weight: 238g Height: 203mm Width: 132mm Spine width: 21mm From the acclaimed author of Brothers and China in Ten Words: here is Yu Hua's unflinching portrait of life under Chairman Mao. A cart pusher in a silk mill, Xu Sanguan augments his meager salary with regular visits to the local blood chief. His visits become lethally