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Real Life Stories: China From the Bottom Up
Anchor
May 2009
On Sale: May 5, 2009
344 pages
ISBN: 0307388379
EAN: 9780307388377
Kindle: B0017L8N82
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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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