The Lantern Bearer

by Jia Pingwa

Cherry Town is a remote community located deep in the Qinling Mountains in the southern Shanxi province. There, a beautiful, college-educated woman is appointed to serve as director of the new office of social management. Daideng, whose adopted name literally meansthe lantern bearer as a poetic reference to the firefly, works closely with one of her young officers, an unmarried woman named Zhuzi. Together, they must address a myriad of grievances...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627740619
• ISBN13: 9781627740616
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Cn Times Books Inc.
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"