Title: UFO in Her Eyes
Author: Xiaolu Guo
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Publisher: Vintage
Year: 2009/2010
Country: People's Republic of China
208 pages
I do have some trouble with Chinese writers on tyranny, since their conclusions seem obvious to me. I have to keep reminding myself that the context in which they're published is much more dangerous than that in which the translation appears.
Here, a peasant may or may not have seen a UFO, which she dutifully reports. From there we observe the attitudes of villagers and outside officials toward each other, and the exploitation of the event. Abuse of power is a strong theme.
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