Leave me alone
Subtitle: a novel of Chengdu
By: Murong [Xuecun] ; translated by Harvey Thomlinson
Contributors: Thomlinson, Harvey
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781741755541
Subjects: Chinese fiction; Social life and customs; Fiction
Work titles: Chengdu, jin ye qing jiang wo yi wang
Description: A humorous, bitter take on love and life in modern China - the story of three young men, Chen Zhong, Li Liang and Big Head Wang and their tragi-comic struggles to make their way in Chengdu, China's fifth most populous city. Despite their aspirations in the newly capitalist China, the trio's lives are beset by dead-end jobs, gambling debts, drinking, drugs, and whoring. Complicated relationships with women, whether pregnant mistresses, angry wives or passive lovers compound their misery.
Notes: Translation from the Chinese of: Chengdu jin ye qing jiang wo yi wang.