Beijing Coma: A Novel

by Ma Jian, Flora Drew

Genres: Literary Fiction; Cultural Heritage; Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Dai Wei, a PhD student and protestor in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, was caught by a soldier's bullet and fell into a deep coma. But as the millennium draws near, he begins to emerge from unconsciousness, and to sense the massive changes in his country. At once a powerful allegory of a rising China, and a seminal story of the Tiananmen Square protests, Beijing Coma is Ma Jian's masterpiece.

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Release date: June 9, 2009

Publisher: Picador

Print pages: 720