Author | Ma Jian |
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Translator | Flora Drew |
Language | Chinese |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication place | United States |
Published in English | May 27, 2008 |
Media type | |
Pages | 592 ppg |
ISBN | 0374110174 |
Beijing Coma is a 2008 novel by Ma Jian. It was translated from Chinese by Flora Drew.[1] The Chinese government has since banned the book.[2] Ma has stated that he wrote the book "to reclaim history from a totalitarian government whose role is to erase it" and named the novel Beijing Coma in reference to this.[3][4] Beijing Coma was listed as one of The New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2008".[5]