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The Fat Years

by Chan Koonchung
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Dystopian thriller exposing China's unsettling realities.

If you're into speculative fiction with a sharp political edge, "The Fat Years" is a chillingly relevant read. Chan's insight into Chinese society and his background in activism give this novel an authenticity that's hard to ignore. The premise of an entire month erased from memory is unsettling, and as the mystery unfolds, the impact hits close to the bone. It's a thought-proving thriller that goes beyond a simple narrative to question memory, history, and power.

  • 亞洲週刊中文十大好書 for 小說類 (2009)
  • 香港中文文學雙年獎 Nominee for 小說組 (2010)
  • Prix Jan Michalski Nominee for Longlist (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Fat Years

by Chan Koonchung
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ISBN: 9780552776974
Authors: Chan Koonchung
Publisher: BLACK SWAN
Date of Publication: 2012-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science Fiction
Related Topics: Dystopia
Goodreads rating: 3.38
(rated by 1963 readers)

Description

TRUTH IS NOT AN OPTION.... Beijing, sometime in the near future: a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one can care less. Except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that has possessed the Chinese nation. When they kidnap a high-ranking official and force him to reveal all, what they learn - not only about their leaders, but also about their own people - stuns them to the core. It is a message that will rock the world.... Terrifying methods of cunning, deception, and terror are unveiled by the truth-seekers in this thriller-expose of the Communist Party's stranglehold on China today.
 

Dystopian thriller exposing China's unsettling realities.

If you're into speculative fiction with a sharp political edge, "The Fat Years" is a chillingly relevant read. Chan's insight into Chinese society and his background in activism give this novel an authenticity that's hard to ignore. The premise of an entire month erased from memory is unsettling, and as the mystery unfolds, the impact hits close to the bone. It's a thought-proving thriller that goes beyond a simple narrative to question memory, history, and power.

  • 亞洲週刊中文十大好書 for 小說類 (2009)
  • 香港中文文學雙年獎 Nominee for 小說組 (2010)
  • Prix Jan Michalski Nominee for Longlist (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.