Years of Red Dust

Years of Red Dust
Author Qiu Xiaolong
Language English
Genre Short stories
Published French translation in 2008
English book in 2010
Pages 240
ISBN 9781429942614

Years of Red Dust is a collection of short stories by Qiu Xiaolong. The book in English was published in 2010;[1] but the stories were originally published in Le Monde[1] and a book in French was published in 2008.[2]

It is a story about China between 1949 and 2005, told through the Red Dust neighbourhood, in Shanghai, according to the author.[3]

Plot

Several of the stories within the novel, begin with excerpts (non-fiction) from wall newspapers of China's past.[4]

The setting is in Shanghai where "the flow of the green slime of corruption, pollution and greed (for money), races with the flow of blood and champagne", according to Aftenposten.[5]

Sales

The book has been on best-seller lists in France and Germany.[6]

Translations

The book has been translated to other languages, including:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://us.macmillan.com/yearsofreddust/QiuXiaolong (page visited on 4 February 2014).
  2. ↑ (French), Qiu Xiaolong, Cité de la poussière rouge, translated from English by Fanchita Gonzalez Batlle, éditions Liana Levi, 2008 (ISBN 978-2-86746-665-6).
  3. ↑ Astrid Hygen Meyer, "Historiene om Kina fortalt gjennom nabolaget Rødt Støv, vil fortsette å komme, sier forfatteren", Klassekampen, 3 September 2011, page 3.
  4. ↑ Astrid Hygen Meyer, "Historie i boka ... innledes med et ekte utdrag fra en kinesisk veggavis.", Klassekampen, 3 September 2011, page 3.
  5. ↑ Bodil Fuhr, "Shanghai. Der beskriver han korrupsjon, forurensning, og pengegriskhet så det grønne slimet renner om kapp med blod og champagne", Aftenposten, 3 September 2011, page 3.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Astrid Hygen Meyer, Klassekampen, 3 September 2011, page 3.

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