{"product_id":"death-fugue-paperback","title":"Death Fugue - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheng Keyi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShelly Bryant\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBanned in China for its taboo allusions to the Tiananmen Square massacre, Sheng Keyi's \u003ci\u003eDeath Fugue\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical and explosive dystopian satire that imagines a world of manufactured existence, the erasure of personal freedom, and the perils of governmental control.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne morning a nine-story tower of excrement of unknown origin appears in the center of Dayang's capital, Beiping. The government swiftly scrubs the scene of all evidence and hands down its final word: Do not ask questions; dissent will be punished. But the crowd gathered in Round Square to witness the Tower Incident for themselves only grows and soon explodes in unrest. Poet Mengliu and his girlfriend Qizi join the uprising, but thousands disappear in the brutal crackdown that follows, including Qizi, the newly appointed protest leader. Mengliu abandons poetry and revolution but never gives up hope that Qizi may still be alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, on his annual journey in search of Qizi, Mengliu washes ashore in the idyllic country of Swan Valley, a world of dreamlike beauty, perfection, and youth. But the dream becomes a nightmare as he slowly begins to unravel the secrets of Swan Valley, discovering that the perfect society exists at a deep, inhumane cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoldly absurdist yet eerily prescient, award-winning author Sheng Keyi's \u003ci\u003eDeath Fugue\u003c\/i\u003e barrels out of the void left by generations of state-imposed silence in modern-day China, where it remains banned from publication. It is a rogue artist's answer to a profound question of our times: What is the role of art after atrocity? \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheng Keyi \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in a small town in southern China and has lived in Shenzhen and Beijing. She is the author of ten novels, including \u003ci\u003eNorthern Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath Fugue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWild Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Metaphor Detox Centre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Womb\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as numerous short stories and novellas. Her work has been translated into a number of foreign languages and published all over the world. She has received several literary awards, including the Chinese People's Literature Prize, the Yu Dafu Prize for Fiction, and the Chinese Literature Media Award. Her debut novel in English translation, Northern Girls, was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e About the Translator: Shelly Bryant divides her year between Shanghai and Singapore, working as a poet, writer, and translator. She is the author of eleven volumes of poetry (Alban Lake and Math Paper Press), a pair of travel guides for the cities of Suzhou and Shanghai (Urbanatomy), a book on classical Chinese gardens (Hong Kong University Press), and a short story collection (Epigram Books). She has translated work from the Chinese for Penguin Books, Epigram Publishing, the National Library Board in Singapore, Giramondo Books, HSRC, Rinchen Books, and Maclehose Press and edited poetry anthologies for Alban Lake and Celestial Books. Shelly's poetry has appeared in journals, magazines, and websites around the world, as well as in several art exhibitions. Her translation of Sheng Keyi's \u003ci\u003eNorthern Girls\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012, and her translation of You Jin's \u003ci\u003eIn Time, Out of Plac\u003c\/i\u003ee was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2016. Shelly received a Distinguished Alumna Award from Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts in 2017. You can visit her website at shellybryant.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47250684379385,"sku":"9781632062925","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/N0NRZklxaWZsdXIvclJzYTVhSDdTdz09.webp?v=1768664693","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/death-fugue-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}