The Complete Review: The Explosion Chronicles The Explosion Chronicles by Yan Lianke

http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/china/yanl4.htm

Beyond the simple exaggerations of rapid urbanization, there are elements of the fantastical in The Explosion Chronicles. As Yan explains in an afterword, his approach is not one of realism but of mythorealism, the: "product of contemporary China's incomprehensible absurdity". He suggests the only way of conveying and representing it is through this mythorealism, and it is a fairly effective approach.

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