The Seventh Day: A Novel

The Seventh Day: A Novel

From the acclaimed author of Brothers and To Live: a major new novel that limns the joys and sorrows of life in contemporary China.
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Yang Fei was born on a moving train. Lost by his mother, adopted by a young switchman, raised with simplicity and love, he is utterly unprepared for the tempestuous changes that await him and his country. As a young man, he searches for a place to belong in a nation that is ceaselessly reinventing itself, but he remains on the edges of society. At age forty-one, he meets an accidental and unceremonious death. Lacking the money for a burial plot, he must roam the afterworld aimlessly, without rest. Over the course of seven days, he encounters the souls of the people heâ€™s lost.
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As Yang Fei retraces the path of his life, we meet an extraordinary cast of characters: his adoptive father, his beautiful ex-wife, his neighbors who perished in the demolition of their homes. Traveling on, he sees that the afterworld encompasses all the casualties of todayâ€™s Chinaâ€”the organ sellers, the young suicides, the innocent convictsâ€”as well as the hope for a better life to come. Yang Feiâ€™s passage maps the contours of this vast nationâ€”its absurdities, its sorrows, and its soul. Vivid, urgent, and panoramic, The Seventh Day affirms Yu Huaâ€™s place as the standard-bearer of modern Chinese fiction.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Anchor
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-01-13
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Anchor
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-01-13
Format	Kindle eBook

The Seventh Day: A Novel

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