The colonel and the eunuch
Mai, Jia, 1964-2024
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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.
Main title:
The colonel and the eunuch / Mai Jia ; translated by Dylan Levi King.
Author:
Mai, Jia, 1964-, authorKing, Dylan Levi, translator
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2024.
Collation:
352 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the English.
ISBN:
9781804540268 (hbk)
Dewey class:
895.136
Language:
EnglishChinese
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BRN:
1415013
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