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The Dark Road (2013)

by Ma Jian(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1594205027 (ISBN13: 9781594205026)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Penguin Press HC

review 1: Yow! If I was to rate this book entirely on the quality of the writing and the power of the story it would easily get a five, a six if there was one. Ma Jian is one of my favorite authors. He makes me think. He makes me feel. He sickens, astounds, enthralls, confuses and generally riles me all up. The reason I gave this one four stars is that is so unrelentingly bleak and depressing that I just couldn't bring myself to give it the highest rating. If it wasn't so powerfully written it wouldn't have the same impact, so I'm glad it was, but it was tough reading because of that, too. I hesitate to recommend it less some of you read it on my recommendation and that get mad at me for having done so when you become depressed by reading it. Still, he continues to be an author whos... moree every book I will eagerly await. How messed up is that?
review 2: This novel is a disturbing tale of life under the Family Planning regime in China. Kongzi longs for a son to carry on his family's dynastic name, and he and his wife Meili are forced to flee their village when she becomes pregnant a second time. This work also looks at the issues around electronic waste and the terrifying impact of the significant recycling industry on people and the environment as well as the fate of families without residency permits, struggling to eke out an existence when they are not acknowledged by the state. This is a difficult book to read, but also difficult to put down. less

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