# The Explosion Chronicles

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- Book: [The Explosion Chronicles](https://www.bookquiver.com/yan-lianke/the-explosion-chronicles) ([The Explosion Chronicles.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/yan-lianke/the-explosion-chronicles.md))
- Authors: [Yan Lianke](https://www.bookquiver.com/yan-lianke)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7352-337-1
- Published: 2017-03-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2017 With the Yi River on one side and the Balou Mountains on the other, the village of Explosion was founded a thousand years ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era, the name takes on a new significance as the rural community grows explosively from a small village to a town to a city to a vast megalopolis. Behind this rapid expansion are three rival clans linked together by a web of ambition, madness and greed. Together they transform their hometown into a Babylon of modern times -- an unrivalled urban superpower built on lies, sex and thievery. 'One of the masters of modern Chinese literature' Jung Chang