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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'An epic yet intimate work that deserves to be recognised and to endure as the great Tiananmen novel. A magnificent book brim-full of humanity, insight and humour' Financial TimesREPUBLISHED ON THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TIANANMEN MASSACRE, WITH A NEW AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHOR AND A NEW COVER BY AI WEIWEIBeijing Coma is Ma Jian's masterpiece. Spiked with dark wit, poetic beauty and deep rage, it takes the life, and near-death, of one young student to create a dazzling and excoriating novel about contemporary China'Monumental' Guardian'A landmark work of fiction' Daily Telegraph'A modern literary masterpiece' Sunday ExpressDai Wei lies in his bedroom, a prisoner in his body, after he was shot in the head at the Tiananmen Square protest ten years earlier and left in a coma. As his mother tends to him, and his friends bring news of their lives in an almost unrecognisable China, Dai Wei escapes into his memories, weaving together the events that took him from his harsh childhood in the last years of the Cultural Revolution to his student days at Beijing University.As the minute-by-minute chronicling of the lead-up to his shooting becomes ever more intense, the reader is caught in a gripping, emotional journey where the boundaries between life and death are increasingly blurred.'Beijing Coma is one of the finest and most important novels to have been written in this century' Chris Patten Dai Wei lies in his bedroom, a prisoner in his body, after he was shot in the head at the Tiananmen Square protest ten years earlier and left in a coma. As his mother tends to him, and his friends bring news of their lives in an almost unrecognisable China, Dai Wei escapes into his memories. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099481348
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Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Dai Wei lies in his bedroom, a prisoner in his body, after he was shot in the head at the Tiananmen Square protest ten years earlier and left in a coma. Seller Inventory # B9780099481348
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 672 pages. 7.76x5.04x1.34 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0099481340
Book Description Condition: New. 2009. Paperback. Dai Wei lies in his bedroom, a prisoner in his body, after he was shot in the head at the Tiananmen Square protest ten years earlier and left in a coma. As his mother tends to him, and his friends bring news of their lives in an almost unrecognisable China, Dai Wei escapes into his memories. Translator(s): Drew, Flora. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 474. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780099481348
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Book Description Condition: New. 2009. Paperback. Dai Wei lies in his bedroom, a prisoner in his body, after he was shot in the head at the Tiananmen Square protest ten years earlier and left in a coma. As his mother tends to him, and his friends bring news of their lives in an almost unrecognisable China, Dai Wei escapes into his memories. Translator(s): Drew, Flora. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 474. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780099481348