The Uninvited

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  • 288

    Pages
  • 9780571220526

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  • 130 mm

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  • 216 mm

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  • 318 gram

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  • PAPERBACK

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  • 2-NOV-06

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    Description

    Tells a tale of Dan Dong, an unemployed factory worker whose life takes a series of unexpected twists upon his discovery that simply by posing as a journalist he can eat exquisite gourmet meals free of charge at state-sponsored banquets. But the secrets Dan overhears at these events eventually lead him down a twisted, intrigue-laden path.

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    Geling Yan

    Geling Yan was born in Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China. She performed as a dancer at age 12. She served in the Peoples Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution, in Tibet and later as a journalist in the Sino-Vietnamese War, achieving a rank equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel. Her first novel was published in 1985. She is the author of such novels as The Banquet Bug (published as The Uninvited in the UK) and The Lost Daughter of Happiness, as well as a story collection entitled White Snake and Other Stories.

    Several of Yans works have been adapted for film, including Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, which was directed by Joan Chen and Siao Yu, directed by Sylvia Chang and screenplay co-written by Ang Lee. Zhang Yimou, the Chinese director of To Live and Raise the Red Lantern is currently adapting another of her novellas to the screen. She has worked on other scripts including a biography of Mei Lanfang, the Peking opera star, for Chinese director Chen Kaige. She is a member of the Hollywood Writers Guild of America and the Writers Association of China.

    Yan holds a bachelors degree in literature from Wuhan University, and a Masters in Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago.

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