Fictional look at Tibet before the Chinese occupied it. Shows that the Tibetans were not pacifistic as many believe, and had an upper class living a lavish lifestyle as others suffered poverty and degradation. Set in the 1930s as the Chinese Nationalists under Chiang Kai Shek come to help the Tibetan elite in exchange for red poppies, needed for their heroin trade. 433 pages, published @ $25.00.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Red Poppies

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Company, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Publication Date

2002

Language

English

ISBN 10

0618119647

ISBN 13

9780618119646

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First US Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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China

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Synopsis

Sweeping changes begin to transform 1930s pre-occupation Tibet as members of the powerful and wealthy Maiqi family accept modern weapons from the Chinese Nationalists to assist the family in its feud with a neighboring chieftan in exchange for growing fields of poppies that will assist the Nationalist-backed heroin trade and enrich their own lifestyle. 20,000 first printing.

About the Author

Alai is an ethnic Tibeta living in Chengdu, Sichuan, the award- winning author of a number of short story collections, and the editor of China's largest science fiction journal, Science Fiction World. His first novel was rejected by numerous publishers over a number of years for its sensitive political content. The novel finally made its way to China's prestigious People's Literature Publishing House, where an editor fell in love with it and championed its publication. In Howard Goldblatt's opinion, only an established, politically connected editor could risk the displeasure of the censors. The novel was published in 1998 to critical acclaim and became an immediate bestseller, and in 2000 it was given China's highest literary award, the Mao Dun Prize. Red Poppies is the first novel in a projected trilogy.

Howard Goldblatt is the most widely respected translator of Chinese into English. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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