Party tyranny and nepotism, sexual hypocrisy and other evils bring unhappiness to the lives of ordinary people in a collection of stories by one of China's most popular authors
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Anbieter: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, USA
Zustand: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers J07B-02438
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Anbieter: SatelliteBooks, Burlington, VT, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. HB VG+/VG. Minor Shelf wear to exterior. Inside text clean and free of any writing. Gently used with modest show of wear. Condition is considered in pricing. If you would like to see additional pictures or need additional information please inquire.For International shipping rates please inquire. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers sku0000001033
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Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
Hardcover. First Ed USA, First Printing indicated. First Ed USA, First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ: Book shows indications of careful use: barely discernible spine lean; mild bump at the lower front corner tip has caused a small tear in the paper over boards; Else flawless; binding secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; price intact. Overall, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 196pp. Deckle Fore-edge. Hardback with DJ. A relentlessly critical and often scathing collection from prize-winning writer Zhang Jie (Heavy Wings, 1989): stories that are as much an indictment of life in post-Cultural Revolution China as any work of reportage. A victim herself of the notorious practice of ``reeducation,'' Zhang Jie writes with firsthand experience of the bureaucratic torpor, nepotism, hypocrisy, and of the ubiquitous paralyzing politicizing of everything from arranging a funeral for a loyal member to trying to get a patient into a hospital elevator in time for life-saving surgery. The longest piece--''What's Wrong with Him?''--is a series of vignettes, straight out of some horror movie, of men and women associated with a hospital. Women doctors faint because they are undernourished; an exhausted surgeon has to share his room with a boorish and heavy-drinking carpenter; a cardiologist invited to visit America must travel with an assistant approved by the Party; operations are bungled, and only Party officials receive proper care. In ``The Other World,'' an artist from the country, discovered by a rich foreigner, is exploited by members of the local cultural institutions who cynically use him for their own advancement. Two other notable stories are ``Today's Agenda,'' a devastating satire of bureaucratic inertia, and ``Professor Meng Abroad,'' in which the poor professor's need for a restroom becomes a symbolic tussle between him, the individual, and the Party, in the form of its representative, tour leader Miss Ding. Though infused with passion and searing in their descriptions of a grossly flawed society, Zhang Jie's stories are remarkably free of polemic. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 41422
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Anbieter: Bucks County Bookshop IOBA, Doylestown, PA, USA
Novel, satire of post-Cultural Revolution China. Translated from Chinese by Gladys Yang and others. -- Hardcover. Condition: fine, with fine dust jacket. ISBN 0802111440. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 36819
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Anbieter: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, USA
Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. Five short stories; translated by Gladys Yang, Deborah J. Leonard and Zhang Andong; 196pp. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 909033
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Anbieter: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in good rubbed little soiled dust jacket. First American edition *. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ware78kr768
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Anbieter: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Publisher: Grove Weidenfeld, NY, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. PRISTINE. As New. Unread. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers SKU1026401
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Anbieter: Ash Grove Heirloom Books, Pueblo, CO, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart cover. NEW COPY. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002938
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