CG5 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in turquoise paper covered boards quarter bound in turquoise cloth with silver lettering and a silver graphic on the spine with only very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear. Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt. A novel set in China and set in an auto plant in Beijing. The story is a microcosm of the ongoing struggle between reformers promoting more freedom and party hardliners clinging to the centrally managed economy and aats ideology which justifies their privilege and power. The author is a winner of the Mao Dun Prize. 308p. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Title

Heavy Wings

Publisher

Grove Weidenfeld, New York, New York, USA

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0802110398

ISBN 13

9780802110398

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First American Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Dramatizes the conflict in modern China between reformers and party hardliners

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Regarded as a literary breakthrough when it appeared soon after China's new economic reforms were initiated, Zhang Jie's 1980 novel was one of the first post-Cultural Revolution novels to depict, frankly and compassionately, the human weakness and quiet suffering of a wide range of characters. This network of personalities, all in some way linked to the Morning Light Auto Works, includes the underpaid worker Wu Guodong, who constantly quarrels with his sensitive wife Liu Yuing; aspiring party member Shi Quanqing, who will stop at nothing to curry favor; and factory director Chen Yongming, whose honest scruples make him a target of insidious attack by his corrupt superiors, such as the opportunistic government minister Tian Shoucheng. Through these portraits, the author satirizes how Marxist principles can be cleverly twisted for personal gain, explores the decisive techniques of motiviating workers under the economic reform policy, and shows the power and danger of honest journalistic reporting. Her most innovative element, more satisfying than the plot contrivances, is the candid portrayal of the protagonists' domestic lives. Goldblatt's superb translation does credit to this work, which received China's prestigious Mao Dun literary prize.
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