The Dark Road

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The Dark Road

Editorial: penguin_books

ISBN: 978-01-4312-540-2

ISBN sin guiones: 9780143125402

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 384

Fecha de publicación: 2014-08-26

Idioma: inglés (Estados Unidos)

The Dark Road

Editorial: Vintage

ISBN: 978-00-9957-226-8

ISBN sin guiones: 9780099572268

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 368

Fecha de publicación: 2014-04-24

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

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The Dark Road

Ma Jian

Primera publicación: 2014-04-24

Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius. They have a daughter, but desperate for a son to carry on his illustrious family line, Kongzi gets Meili pregnant again without waiting for official permission. When family planning officers storm the village to arrest violators of the population control policy, mother, father and daughter escape to the Yangtze River and begin a fugitive life. For years they drift south through the poisoned waterways and ruined landscapes of China, picking up work as they go along, scavenging for necessities and flying from police detection. As Meili’s body continues to be invaded by her husband and assaulted by the state, she fights to regain control of her fate and that of her unborn child.