Red Dust by Ma Jian

Red Dust

Ma Jian

324 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction travel informative reflective slow-paced

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On very rare occasions, a book can be so fresh, vivid and sincere that its integrity will be apparent almost before you have begun reading it. This brilliant account of a three-year exploration of China during the first wave of economic liberalisa...

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funny 50%
informative 50%
inspiring 50%
reflective 50%
tense 50%

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medium 100%

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3.8

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