Empires of Dust by Jiang Zilong (2019, Trade Paperback)

ACA Publishing Ltd

Empires of DustAuthor(s): Jiang, Christopher Payne, Olivia Milburn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: ACA Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Sinoist Books\nISBN-13: 9781910760338, 978-1910760338\nSynopsis\nAmidst the maelstrom of Communist Chinas rocky beginnings, Guojiadian, a tiny hamlet situated on salty ground in the rural northeast where nothing grows, must forge a path through the turbulence - both physical and political - threatening to return the windswept village to the dust from which it emerged.\n\nAmongst the long-suffering village inhabitants lives Guo Cunxian, a man of rare ability trapped in an era of limitations. His quest for a better future for him and his family pits him against the jealousy of his peers, the indifference of his superiors and even the seemingly cursed earth upon which he resides.\n\nIn a decades-long journey filled with frustration and false starts, they eventually rise to dizzy heights built upon foundations as stable as the dust beneath th?