# Wish Lanterns

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- Book: [Wish Lanterns](https://www.bookquiver.com/alec-ash/wish-lanterns) ([Wish Lanterns.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alec-ash/wish-lanterns.md))
- Authors: [Alec Ash](https://www.bookquiver.com/alec-ash)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-14-4723-796-9
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2017-01-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A provocative portrait of a fast-changing society riven by internal contradictions . . . a fine addition to the field, one of the best I have read about the individuals who make up a country that is all too often regarded as a monolith, but which abounds with diversity on multiple levels. Fluently written with nice touches of humour . . . this books supplies much food for thought, informing the wider debate while retaining its value as a closely observed picture of how some Chinese live today