Beijing Coma

Beijing Coma
AuthorMa Jian
TranslatorFlora Drew
LanguageChinese
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication placeUnited States
Published in English
May 27, 2008
Media typePrint
Pages592 ppg
ISBN0374110174

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]

  1. ^ Mishra, Pankaj (June 30, 2008). "Tiananmen's Wake: A novel of hope and cynicism". The New Yorker. Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  2. ^ Smallwood, Christine (May 25, 2008). "Cage of bones". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  3. ^ Stone, Beth. "Beijing Coma". Socialist Review. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  4. ^ "Tiananmen remembered". BBC News. June 4, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  5. ^ "100 notable books of 2008". The New York Times. December 4, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2012.