The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up by Yiwu, Liao

The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up

The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most...
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Author: Liao Yiwu
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Language: English
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The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up by Yiwu, Liao

The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up

BD$31.74

The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up

BD$31.74
Author: Liao Yiwu
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a grave robber, and a Falung Gong practitioner, among others. By asking challenging questions with respect and empathy, Liao Yiwu managed to get his subjects to talk openly and sometimes hilariously about their lives, desires, and vulnerabilities, creating a book that is an instance par excellence of what was once upon a time called "The New Journalism." The Corpse Walker reveals a fascinating aspect of modern China, describing the lives of normal Chinese citizens in ways that constantly provoke and surprise.

Author: Liao Yiwu
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 05/05/2009
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780307388377


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 10/14/2010 pg. 73

About the Author
Liao Yiwu is a poet, novelist, and screenwriter. In 1989, he published an epic poem, "Massacre," that condemned the killings in Tiananmen Square and for which he spent four years in prison. His works include Testimonials and Report on China's Victims of Injustice. In 2003, he received a Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammett Grant, and in 2007, he received a Freedom to Write Award from the Independent Chinese PEN Center. He lives in China.

Wen Huang is a writer and freelance journalist whose articles and translations have appeared in The Wall Street Journal Asia, the Chicago Tribune, the South China Morning Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Paris Review.

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