The Dark Road: A Novel
by Jian, Ma
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780143125402
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MA JIAN was born in Qingdao, China in 1953. He worked as a watch-mender and a painter of propaganda boards and was assigned a job as a photojournalist for a state-run magazine. At the age of thirty, Ma Jian left work and travelled for three years across China, a journey he later described in his book Red Dust , winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 2002. He left Beijing for Hong Kong in 1987 but continued to travel to China, notably to support the pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen Square in 1989. After the hand-over of Hong Kong he moved to Germany and then London, where he now lives. Books by Ma Jian translated in English include his novel, The Noodle Maker , and his short story collection about Tibet, Stick Out Your Tongue , the book which prompted the Chinese government to ban Ma Jian's work and which set him on the road to exile. His novel, Beijing Come (2008), which narrated the events of Tiananmen Square in May 1989 was hailed as 'a landmark work of fiction' ( Daily Telegraph ), 'a huge achievement' ( The Times ) and 'monumental' ( Guardian ). FLORA DREW is Ma Jian's English-language translator and interpreter. She studied Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and worked in television and film. She lives in west London with Ma Jian, and their four children.
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- Title
- The Dark Road: A Novel
- Author
- Jian, Ma
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143125400
- ISBN 13
- 9780143125402
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, Usa
- This edition first published
- 2014-08-26
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.