Peacock Cries: At the Three Gorges

by Hong Ying and Ying Hong

Book Overview

Hong Ying surpasses her previous novel, K: The Art of Love, with a novel of heightened political and sexual -tension set around the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. The largest construction project in the history of China, the dam opens in June 2004. Its controversial -reservoir will cut the famous Gorge to one third of its height and submerge the whole area, the cradle of Chinese civilization for three millennia.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714531006
• ISBN13: 9780714531007
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"