The Fat Years (First U.S. Edition)

Chan Koonchung

Published by Nan A. Talese Doubleday, 2011

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First U.S. edition/printing. Book and jacket each in Fine condition. "He became notorious for Sheng Shi: Zhongguo 2013-nian ["The Age of Prosperity: China 2013"] (2009; trans Michael Duke as The Fat Years 2011), a Near Future Satire in which smug, materialist yuppies in a recognizably contemporary Beijing discover that the entire country suffers collective Amnesia (see Memory Edit) regarding a 28-day period in 2011 in which a global financial crisis (see Money) was suppressed and managed with extreme force (see Cultural Engineering). Published in Hong Kong, the work soon circulated in digital samizdat form in the People's Republic, although it has not been officially published there, and is unlikely to be. Although lauded abroad for its engagement with Politics and Economics in the People's Republic, its references to martial law and corruption in Taiwan are no less uncompromising. ." [JonC] Encyclopedia of SF, Internet.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fat Years (First U.S. Edition)
• Publisher: Nan A. Talese Doubleday
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
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