The Resource China dream : a novel, Ma Jian ; translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew
China dream : a novel, Ma Jian ; translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew
Resource Information
The item China dream : a novel, Ma Jian ; translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
Resource Information
The item China dream : a novel, Ma Jian ; translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- "Ma Daode is feeling pleased with himself. He has just been appointed Director of the China Dream Bureau, tasked with overwriting people's private dreams with President Xi's great China Dream of national rejuvenation. He has an impressive office, three properties and a bevy of mistresses texting him night and day. But just as Ma Daode is putting the finishing touches to his plan for a mass golden wedding anniversary celebration, things take an uneasy turn. Suddenly plagued by flashbacks of the Cultural Revolution, Ma Daode's nightmares from the past threaten to undo his dream of a glorious future"--
- Language
-
- eng
- chi
- eng
- Edition
- First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 182 pages
- Note
-
- Translated from the Chinese
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus in 2018."
- Contents
-
- Befuddled by spring dreams
- Sharing the same bed, dreaming different dreams
- Dreams evaporate, wealth trickles away
- Dreaming your life away in a drunken haze
- Life floats by like a dream
- Beguiled by empty pipe dreams
- The dream of the red tower
- Isbn
- 9781640092402
- Label
- China dream : a novel
- Title
- China dream
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Ma Jian ; translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew
- Language
-
- eng
- chi
- eng
- Summary
- "Ma Daode is feeling pleased with himself. He has just been appointed Director of the China Dream Bureau, tasked with overwriting people's private dreams with President Xi's great China Dream of national rejuvenation. He has an impressive office, three properties and a bevy of mistresses texting him night and day. But just as Ma Daode is putting the finishing touches to his plan for a mass golden wedding anniversary celebration, things take an uneasy turn. Suddenly plagued by flashbacks of the Cultural Revolution, Ma Daode's nightmares from the past threaten to undo his dream of a glorious future"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ma, Jian
- Dewey number
- 895.1/352
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PL2948.3.J53
- LC item number
- C48 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Drew, Flora
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Politicians
- Satire, Chinese
- China
- Label
- China dream : a novel, Ma Jian ; translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew
- Note
-
- Translated from the Chinese
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus in 2018."
- Bar code
-
- 31223130772917
- 31223130772891
- 31223130772909
- 31223130772883
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Befuddled by spring dreams -- Sharing the same bed, dreaming different dreams -- Dreams evaporate, wealth trickles away -- Dreaming your life away in a drunken haze -- Life floats by like a dream -- Beguiled by empty pipe dreams -- The dream of the red tower
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 182 pages
- Isbn
- 9781640092402
- Lccn
- 2018057990
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- bro-copy20190522-060
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1083692919
- Label
- China dream : a novel, Ma Jian ; translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew
- Note
-
- Translated from the Chinese
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus in 2018."
- Bar code
-
- 31223130772917
- 31223130772891
- 31223130772909
- 31223130772883
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Befuddled by spring dreams -- Sharing the same bed, dreaming different dreams -- Dreams evaporate, wealth trickles away -- Dreaming your life away in a drunken haze -- Life floats by like a dream -- Beguiled by empty pipe dreams -- The dream of the red tower
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 182 pages
- Isbn
- 9781640092402
- Lccn
- 2018057990
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- bro-copy20190522-060
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1083692919
Library Locations
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Chinatown/Him Mark Lai LibraryBorrow it1135 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94108, US37.795248 -122.410239
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Visitacion Valley LibraryBorrow it201 Leland Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94134, US37.712695 -122.407913
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San Francisco Public LibraryBorrow it100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, US37.779376 -122.415795
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