{"product_id":"9781784706036-day-the-sun-died","title":"The Day the Sun Died","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘One of the masters of modern Chinese literature’ Jung Chang\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis gripping dystopia contrasts the reality of life in China today with the sunny optimism of the ‘Chinese dream’.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne dusk in early June, in a town deep in the Balou mountains, fourteen-year-old Li Niannian notices that something strange is going on. As the residents would usually be settling down for the night, instead they start appearing in the streets and fields. There are people everywhere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLi Niannian watches, mystified. Until he realises the people are dreamwalking, carrying on with their daily business as if the sun hadn’t already gone down. And before too long, as more and more people succumb, in the black of night all hell breaks loose. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet over the course of one night, The Day the Sun Died pits chaos and darkness against the bright ‘Chinese dream’ promoted by President Xi Jinping. We are thrown into the middle of an increasingly strange and troubling waking nightmare as Li Niannian and his father struggle to save the town, and persuade the beneficent sun to rise again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Yan Lianke's books: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Nothing short of a masterpiece’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A hyper-real tour de force, a blistering condemnation of political corruption and excess’ \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Mordant satire from a brave fabulist’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Exuberant and imaginative’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘I can think of few better novelists than Yan, with his superlative gifts for storytelling and penetrating eye for truth’ \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30341321228385,"sku":"9781784706036","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27172254.jpg?v=1721549675","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784706036-day-the-sun-died","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}