The corpse walker : real-life stories, China from the bottom up
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Published
New York : Pantheon Books, [2008].
ISBN
9780375425424, 037542542X
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks | 951.05 YIW | On Shelf |
Northlake Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 951.05 Liao | On Shelf |
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Floor | 951.06 LIA | On Shelf |
West Chicago Public Library District - Nonfiction | 362.850951 LIA | Checked out |
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Published
New York : Pantheon Books, [2008].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 320 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780375425424, 037542542X
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Description
A compilation of twenty-seven extraordinary oral histories that opens a window, unlike any other, onto the lives of ordinary, often outcast, Chinese men and women. Liao Yiwu (one of the best-known writers in China because he is also one of the most censored) chose his subjects from the bottom of Chinese society: people for whom the "new" China--the China of economic growth and globalization--is no more beneficial than the old. Here are a professional mourner, a trafficker in humans, a leper, an abbot, a retired government official, a former landowner, a mortician, a feng shui master, a former Red Guard, a political prisoner, a village teacher, a blind street musician, a Falun Gong practitioner, and many others--people who have been battered by life but who have managed to retain their dignity, their humor, and their essential, complex humanity. Liao's interviews were given from 1990 to 2003.--From amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Liao, Y. (2008). The corpse walker: real-life stories, China from the bottom up (First edition.). Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Liao, Yiwu, 1958-. 2008. The Corpse Walker: Real-life Stories, China From the Bottom Up. Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Liao, Yiwu, 1958-. The Corpse Walker: Real-life Stories, China From the Bottom Up Pantheon Books, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Liao, Yiwu. The Corpse Walker: Real-life Stories, China From the Bottom Up First edition., Pantheon Books, 2008.
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