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Also by Liao Yiwu:

For A Song And One Hundred Songs, June 2013
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The Corpse Walker, May 2009
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THE CORPSE WALKER
By: Liao Yiwu

Real Life Stories: China From the Bottom Up

Anchor
May 2009
On Sale: May 5, 2009
344 pages
ISBN: 0307388379
EAN: 9780307388377
Kindle: B0017L8N82
Paperback / e-Book
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Fiction Poetry

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.

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PBS News Hour - July 10, 2013