The Colonel and the Eunuch

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The Colonel and the Eunuch
101,00 lei

Categorii: Neclasificat, Necatalogate

Limba: Engleza

Data publicării: 2023

Editura: Head of Zeus

Tip copertă: Paperback

Nr Pag: 352

ISBN: 9781804540275

Dimensiuni: l: 14.8cm | H: 23cm

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The Colonel and the Eunuch
101,00 lei

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The phenomenal #1 bestseller â" over 2.5 million copies sold

Winner of the 2020 South Literary Award

Winner of the 2020 Shi Nai'an Literary Award

The boy grows up in a small village in south China listening to stories about the Colonel: some say he was a legendary army doctor during the war, some say he was a traitor to the Party, still others say he is a wicked sex machine. The stories are bawdy and mesmerizing, always larger than life. Yet in reality, the Colonel is just a middle-aged man who loves his cat. And why on earth does everyone call him 'the Eunuch'?

From these disparate sources, the boy tries to piece together who the Colonel really is, just as he himself grows up in a rapidly changing China. It is not until many years later, when the boy also becomes a middle-aged man, that he would look back and finally solve the puzzle.

The Colonel and the Eunuch is Mai Jia's first new novel in eight years and his most ambitious work to date. An exciting departure from spy thrillers, this is a coming-of-age story, a family saga, as well as a searing exploration of what makes a hero. The Colonel is Mai Jia's singular creation: an almost mythic figure shrouded in the tragedy of war and history, whose story will move even the most stone-hearted to tears.

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