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Koonchung Chan

    Chan Koonchung je uznávaný čínský autor, který se proslavil svými dystopickými a satirickými díly. Jeho psaní pronikavě zkoumá současné společenské a politické problémy, často s futuristickým nádechem. Chan se zabývá komplexními vztahy mezi kulturami a mocenskými strukturami, přičemž využívá své bohaté zkušenosti z různých prostředí. Jeho díla vybízejí čtenáře k zamyšlení nad trajektorií moderní společnosti a jejími důsledky.

    The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa the Driver
    The Fat Years
    • The Fat Years

      • 321 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení
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      "Truth is not an option...Beijing, sometime in the near future: a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one can care less. Except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that has possessed the Chinese nation. When they kidnap a high-ranking official and force him to reveal all, what they learn - not only about their leaders, but also about their own people - stuns them to the core. It is amessage the will rock the world... "--P.[4] of cover.

      The Fat Years
    • Life is simple for Champa. He has a good job as a chauffeur in his hometown of Lhasa, and if his Chinese boss Plum is a little domineering, well, he can understand that - she's a serious art-collector after all. And he does get to drive her huge Toyota. When he starts to sleep with his boss, life becomes a whole lot more complicated.

      The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa the Driver