Golden Age

Golden Age

Xiaobo, Wang, Yan, Yan

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The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation

'Life is but a slow, drawn-out process of getting your balls crushed.'

Twenty-one year old Wang Er, stationed in a remote mountain commune, spends his days herding oxen, napping and dreaming of losing his virginity. His dreams come true in the shape of the beautiful doctor Cheng Qinyang. So begins the riotously funny story of their illicit love affair, the Party officials who enjoy their forced confessions a little too much, and Wang's life under the Communist regime- his misadventures as a biology lecturer in a Beijing university, and his entanglements with family, friends and lovers. Golden Age is an explosive, subversive, wild and hilarious satire, featuring one of literature's great protagonists, a sensation when it was published in the 1990s and beloved today.

Author:   Xiaobo, Wang, Yan, Yan
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9780241630525


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   05 September 2023
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
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The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation

'Life is but a slow, drawn-out process of getting your balls crushed.'

Twenty-one year old Wang Er, stationed in a remote mountain commune, spends his days herding oxen, napping and dreaming of losing his virginity. His dreams come true in the shape of the beautiful doctor Cheng Qinyang. So begins the riotously funny story of their illicit love affair, the Party officials who enjoy their forced confessions a little too much, and Wang's life under the Communist regime- his misadventures as a biology lecturer in a Beijing university, and his entanglements with family, friends and lovers. Golden Age is an explosive, subversive, wild and hilarious satire, featuring one of literature's great protagonists, a sensation when it was published in the 1990s and beloved today.

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Author:   Xiaobo, Wang, Yan, Yan
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9780241630525


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   05 September 2023
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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