Turbulence

by Jia Pingwa

Book Overview

In this dazzling, earthy novel -- winner of the prestigious Pegasus Prize for Literature -- Jia Pingwa presents an unforgettable chronicle of rural China, a world at once utterly alien and uncannily familiar. Called "impressive and revealing" (Kirkus Reviews), Turbulence follows the lives of two peasants, Golden Dog and Water Girl, through the post-Mao years and sets their star-crossed love for each other against the political upheavals of China itself...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802139728
• ISBN13: 9780802139726
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Insight into Chinese culture

I found this book very good and very insightful into the minds of the average Chinese person. I highly recommend this book.

Best Chinese Novelist's Best Book

Jia Pingwa in his country, just like Faulkner in Mississippi. He knows the people, he loves the people and he writes the people. Read his book, you will know them.