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Located in a valley between the Yi River and the Balou Mountain Range, the village of Explosion was founded a thousand years ago by migrants fleeing a volcanic eruption. However, in the post-Mao era, the name “explosion” took on a whole new meaning as the village grew from a small village to a vast metropolis. Behind this rapid growth are the village’s three leading families: the Kong brothers, Zhu Ying, the daughter of the former town mayor, and Cheng Qing, who started out as a county administrator and became a powerful politician and businessman. Entangled in a powerful web of loyalty, deception, passion and ambition, these characters form the motivation behind the town's transformation into a superpowered city.

Overflowing with absurdity as well as wit and intelligence, Yan Lianke, who has been nominated for the Man Booker International Prize twice and won the Franz Kafka Award, reveals the great dangers posed by power and ambition, the consequences of corruption and greed, the divisive dynamics of love and hate between families, and the resilience of human beings in the face of the harsh realities of life.
In Explosion Records, Yan Lianke turns his unflinching eye this time to the present and imaginings of the future; It chronicles China’s dizzying enrichment and the striking disintegration of its collective conscience.

- Jiayang Fan, New York Times Book Review -

(From the Introduction)

Pulp Type : 2nd Pulp

Number of Pages : 488

Size : 12.5 x 19.5

Year of First Printing : 2019

Number of Editions : 1st Printing