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Stark portrait of rebellion in post-Mao China.

"The Vagrants" offers a compelling dive into the human impact of political change. If you're drawn to narratives that explore the depths of societal transformation through intimately personal stories, Yiyun Li's work will resonate. The book doesn't just recount history; it immerses you in the lives of individuals caught in the throes of a town's unrest. It's an artful blend of the political and the personal, grounded in historical truth, making it both informative and deeply moving.

  • California Book Award for Fiction (Gold) (2009)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee (2009)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2011)
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ISBN: 9780007196654
Authors: Yiyun Li
Date of Publication: 2009-09-03
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.89
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Brilliant and illuminating, this astonishing debut novel by the award-winning writer Yiyun Li is set in China in the late 1970s, when Beijing was rocked by the Democratic Wall Movement, an anti-Communist groundswell designed to move China beyond the dark shadow of the Cultural Revolution toward a more enlightened and open society. In this powerful and beautiful story, we follow a group of people in a small town during this dramatic and harrowing time, the era that was a forebear of the Tiananmen Square uprising. Morning dawns on the provincial city of Muddy River. A young woman, Gu Shan, a bold spirit and a follower of Chairman Mao, has renounced her faith in Communism. Now a political prisoner, she is to be executed for her dissent. Her distraught mother, determined to follow the custom of burning her only child’s clothing to ease her journey into the next world, is about to make another bold decision. Shan’s father, Teacher Gu, who has already, in his heart and mind, buried his rebellious daughter, begins to retreat into memories. Neither of them imagines that their daughter’s death will have profound and far-reaching effects, in Muddy River and beyond. In luminous prose, Yiyun Li weaves together the lives of these and other unforgettable characters, including a serious seven-year-old boy, Tong; a crippled girl named Nini; the sinister idler Bashi; and
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Stark portrait of rebellion in post-Mao China.

"The Vagrants" offers a compelling dive into the human impact of political change. If you're drawn to narratives that explore the depths of societal transformation through intimately personal stories, Yiyun Li's work will resonate. The book doesn't just recount history; it immerses you in the lives of individuals caught in the throes of a town's unrest. It's an artful blend of the political and the personal, grounded in historical truth, making it both informative and deeply moving.

  • California Book Award for Fiction (Gold) (2009)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee (2009)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2011)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.