The Ancient Ship

Wei Zhang

Original title: The ancient ship

earliest edition we have, 2008 HarperCollins Publishers, 2008 451 pages

Originally published in 1987, two years before the Tiananmen Square protests, Zhang Wei's award-winning novel is the story of three generations of the Sui, Zhao, and Li families living in the fictional northern town of Wali during China's troubled postliberation years.Spanning four decades following the creation of the People's Republic in 1949, The Ancient Ship is a bold examination of a society in turmoil, the stru...

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The ancient ship edition · 2008 · HarperCollins Publishers · 451 pages · 9780061436901
The Ancient Ship ebook · 2008 · HarperCollins · 9780061704673

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