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3257431Naked Earthhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/naked-earth-9781590178355/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3899538/facc6ac5-233c-4a6d-9123-3c829efe0813.jpg?v=638386045130000000280389MXNNew York Review BooksInStock/Ebooks/<p>An NYRB Classics Original</p><p>Set in the early years of Maos China, <em>Naked Earth</em> is the story of two earnest young people confronting the grim realities of revolutionary change. Liu Chüan and Su Nan meet in the countryside after volunteering to assist in the new land reform program. Eager to build a more just society, they are puzzled and shocked by the brutality, barely disguised corruption, and ruthless careerism they discover, but then quickly silenced by the barrage of propaganda and public criticism that is directed at anyone who appears to doubt a righteous cause. Joined together by the secret of their common dismay, they remain in touch when Liu departs to work on a newspaper in Peking, where Su Nan eventually also moves. Something like love begins to grow between thembut then a new round of purges sweeps through the revolutionary ranks.</p><p>One of the greatest and most loved of modern Chinese writers, Eileen Chang illuminates the dark corners of the human existence with a style of disorienting beauty. <em>Naked Earth</em>, unavailable in English for more than fifty years, is a harrowing tale of perverted ideals, damaged souls, deepest loneliness, and terror.</p>...3193278Naked Earth280389https://www.gandhi.com.mx/naked-earth-9781590178355/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3899538/facc6ac5-233c-4a6d-9123-3c829efe0813.jpg?v=638386045130000000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159781590178355_W3siaWQiOiJjNmQyYzRmYy1hZmVhLTQ5YzUtYWI1Zi1kNjZiOTNkYzE0ZTgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM3OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEwNiwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyNzMsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781590178355_<p>An NYRB Classics Original</p><p>Set in the early years of Maos China, <em>Naked Earth</em> is the story of two earnest young people confronting the grim realities of revolutionary change. Liu Chüan and Su Nan meet in the countryside after volunteering to assist in the new land reform program. Eager to build a more just society, they are puzzled and shocked by the brutality, barely disguised corruption, and ruthless careerism they discover, but then quickly silenced by the barrage of propaganda and public criticism that is directed at anyone who appears to doubt a righteous cause. Joined together by the secret of their common dismay, they remain in touch when Liu departs to work on a newspaper in Peking, where Su Nan eventually also moves. Something like love begins to grow between thembut then a new round of purges sweeps through the revolutionary ranks.</p><p>One of the greatest and most loved of modern Chinese writers, Eileen Chang illuminates the dark corners of the human existence with a style of disorienting beauty. <em>Naked Earth</em>, unavailable in English for more than fifty years, is a harrowing tale of perverted ideals, damaged souls, deepest loneliness, and terror.</p>(*_*)9781590178355_<p>An NYRB Classics Original</p><p>Set in the early years of Maos China, <em>Naked Earth</em> is the story of two earnest young people confronting the grim realities of revolutionary change. Liu Chüan and Su Nan meet in the countryside after volunteering to assist in the new land reform program. Eager to build a more just society, they are puzzled and shocked by the brutality, barely disguised corruption, and ruthless careerism they discover, but then quickly silenced by the barrage of propaganda and public criticism that is directed at anyone who appears to doubt a righteous cause. Joined together by the secret of their common dismay, they remain in touch when Liu departs to work on a newspaper in Peking, where Su Nan eventually also moves. Something like love begins to grow between thembut then a new round of purges sweeps through the revolutionary ranks.</p><p>One of the greatest and most loved of modern Chinese writers, Eileen Chang illuminates the dark corners of the human existence with a style of disorienting beauty. <em>Naked Earth</em>, unavailable in English for more than fifty years, is a harrowing tale of perverted ideals, damaged souls, deepest loneliness, and terror.</p>...9781590178355_New York Review Bookslibro_electonico_758cc1ab-bb12-3e8f-9983-c382accc1d48_9781590178355;9781590178355_9781590178355Eileen ChangInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-f88f52ba-367e-49c7-968c-fd04418f99c9.epub2015-06-16T00:00:00+00:00New York Review Books