The Seventh Day (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780804172059)

Yang Fei was born on a train as it raced across the Chinese countryside. Lost by his mother, adopted by a young switchman, raised with simplicity and love, he is utterly unprepared for the changes that await him and his country. As a young man, he searches for a place to belong in a nation ceaselessly reinventing itself, but he remains on the edges of society.
At forty-one, he meets an unceremonious death, and lacking the money for a burial plot, must roam the afterworld aimlessly. There, over the course of seven days, he encounters the souls of people he's lost. As he retraces the path of his life, we meet an extraordinary cast of characters: his adoptive father, his beautiful ex-wife, his neighbors who perished in the demolition of their homes. Vivid, urgent, and panoramic, Yang Fei's passage movingly traces the contours of his vast nation--its absurdities, its sorrows, and its soul. This searing novel affirms Yu Hua's place as the standard-bearer of Chinese fiction.

Author: Yu Hua
ISBN-10: 0804172056
ISBN-13: 9780804172059
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2016
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 01/31/2016 pg. 24