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The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon (AKA I Am Liu Yuejin) by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption.The protagonist, Liu Yuejin, is a work site cook and small-time thief whose bag is stolen. In searching for it he stumbles upon another bag, which contains a flash disk that chronicles high-level corruption, and sets off a convoluted chase. There are no heroes in this scathing, complex, and highly readable critique of the dark side of China’s predatory capitalism, corruption, and the plight of the underclasses. A movie adaptation and TV series appeared in 2008 in China.
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The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon, Zhenyun Liu, Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-Chun Lin
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- Année de publication
- 2015
- Reliure
- (rigide)
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- Titre
- The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon
- Sous-titre
- A Novel of Contemporary China
- Langue
- Anglais
- Éditeur
- Arcade
- Publié
- 2015
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1628725206
- ISBN13
- 9781628725209
- Séries
- Catégories
- Mots clés
- Littérature mondiale, Commerce, Voyage, Littérature contemporaine, Politique, États-Unis, Asie, Critique littéraire, Chine, Communisme, Villes, Sagas Familiales, Prix Nobel, Sagas, Meilleures ventes, Richesse, Littérature chinoise, Voleurs, bandits, Chinois, Biens Immobilier, Pékin, Armée rouge, Élites
- Évaluation
- 3,6 sur 5
- Description
- The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon (AKA I Am Liu Yuejin) by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption.The protagonist, Liu Yuejin, is a work site cook and small-time thief whose bag is stolen. In searching for it he stumbles upon another bag, which contains a flash disk that chronicles high-level corruption, and sets off a convoluted chase. There are no heroes in this scathing, complex, and highly readable critique of the dark side of China’s predatory capitalism, corruption, and the plight of the underclasses. A movie adaptation and TV series appeared in 2008 in China.