EAN: 9781804540275

THE COLONEL AND THE EUNUCH - MAI JIA KARTONIERT...

The phenomenal #1 Chinese bestseller  with over 2.5 million copies sold. This is a searing
exploration of what makes a hero: a literary masterpiece  available in the English language for
the very first time. The boy grows up in a small village in south China listening to stories
about the Colonel: some say he was a legendary army doctor during the war  some say he was a
traitor to the Party  still others say he is a wicked sex machine. The stories are bawdy and
mesmerizing  always larger than life. Yet in reality  the Colonel is just a middle-aged man who
loves his cat. And why on earth does everyone call him 'the Eunuch'? From these disparate
sources  the boy tries to piece together who the Colonel really is  just as he himself grows up
in a rapidly changing China. It is not until many years later  when the boy also becomes a
middle-aged man  that he would look back and finally solve the puzzle. The Colonel and the
Eunuch is Mai Jia's first new novel in eight years and his most ambitious work to date. An
exciting departure from spy thrillers  this is a coming-of-age story  a family saga  as well as
a searing exploration of what makes a hero. The Colonel is Mai Jia's singular creation: an
almost mythic figure shrouded in the tragedy of war and history  whose story will move even the
most stone-hearted to tears.

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