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  1. Plot

  2. Sales

  3. Translations

  4. References

  5. Further reading

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}}Years of Red Dust is a collection of short stories by Qiu Xiaolong. The book in English was published in 2010;[1] but the stories were originally published in Le Monde[1] and a book in French was published in 2008.[2]

It is a story about China between 1949 and 2005, told through the Red Dust neighbourhood, in Shanghai, according to the author.[3]

Plot

Several of the stories within the novel, begin with excerpts (non-fiction) from wall newspapers of China's past.[4]

The setting is in Shanghai where "the flow of the green slime of corruption, pollution and greed (for money), races with the flow of blood and champagne", according to Aftenposten.[5]

Sales

The book has been on best-seller lists in France and Germany.[6]

Translations

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The book has been translated to other languages, including:

  • French: Cité de la poussière rouge, translated from English by Fanchita Gonzalez Batlle, éditions Liana Levi, 2008 ({{ISBN|978-2-86746-665-6}}).
  • German: Das Tor zur Roten Gasse.
  • Norwegian: År i rødt støv (2011).[6]

References

1. ^http://us.macmillan.com/yearsofreddust/QiuXiaolong (page visited on 4 February 2014).
2. ^{{fr}}, Qiu Xiaolong, Cité de la poussière rouge, translated from English by Fanchita Gonzalez Batlle, éditions Liana Levi, 2008 ({{ISBN|978-2-86746-665-6}}).
3. ^Astrid Hygen Meyer, "Historiene om Kina fortalt gjennom nabolaget Rødt Støv, vil fortsette å komme, sier forfatteren", Klassekampen, 3 September 2011, page 3.
4. ^Astrid Hygen Meyer, "Historie i boka ... innledes med et ekte utdrag fra en kinesisk veggavis.", Klassekampen, 3 September 2011, page 3.
5. ^Bodil Fuhr, "Shanghai. Der beskriver han korrupsjon, forurensning, og pengegriskhet så det grønne slimet renner om kapp med blod og champagne", Aftenposten, 3 September 2011, page 3.
6. ^Astrid Hygen Meyer, Klassekampen, 3 September 2011, page 3.

Further reading

  • Jess Row, "The News From Shanghai", The New York Times Book Review, 17 October 2010, Arts and Entertainment, p. 21. Available on Academic OneFile.
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