{"id":155497,"date":"2013-05-03T21:26:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T04:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=155497"},"modified":"2020-09-30T16:52:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T23:52:21","slug":"10-coolest-novels-about-modern-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/05\/10-coolest-novels-about-modern-china\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Coolest Novels about Modern China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter from China Whisper recommends <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldofchinese.com\/2013\/05\/top-10-coolest-novels-about-modern-china\/\"><strong>10 novels that have shaped popular culture in modern China<\/strong><\/a>. From Weijing Zhu at the World of Chinese:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>1) The Republic of Wine by Mo Yan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Republic of Wine: A Novel<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=chinwhis-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1611457297\" id=\"blogsy-1367641759582.7966\" class=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\"> <\/em>takes place in a fictional province in modern China. The plot is filled with enticing yet horrific accounts of corruption and hallucination, and mixes many different styles: satire, surrealism, detective, martial arts or <em>wuxia<\/em>, and more. Mo Yan once called it his most perfect novel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Civil Servant\u2019s Notebook by Wang Xiaofang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Corruption, bribery, seduction, power struggles and cunning plans\u2026 You\u2019ll get the insider\u2019s scoop in Wang Xiaofang\u2019s <em>Civil Servant\u2019s Notebook<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=chinwhis-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B00AQ98CKA\" id=\"blogsy-1367641759612.2563\" class=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\">.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) I Love Dollars by Zhu Wen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the nation\u2019s official stance as a Communist country, China has turned largely capitalist. Zhu Wen tells imaginative stories of the post-Mao China, in a spiritually bankrupt and monetarily-driven time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter from China Whisper recommends 10 novels that have shaped popular culture in modern China. 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