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A famous Chinese performance artist and political activist accepts an artist's residency in Los Angeles, where he is to stay with a wealthy Beverly Hills family. From the moment he arrives, however, it becomes clear that all is not what it seems -- on either side. The dissident seems strangely reluctant to talk about his past, and is happier teaching than working on projects of his own; his hosts appear -- on the surface at least -- to be a happy, nuclear family, yet their relationships are, in fact, fraught with rivalries and tensions.
Set in Los Angeles and Beijing, The Dissident tells the story of a life in flux and a family near breaking point -- and what happens when the two collide.
'Nell Freudenberger is awesomely skilled at making characters, setting scenes, and launching an old-fashioned plot suited to the 21st century. These tremendous novelistic powers would justify some showing off, but Freudenberger never flaunts her gifts. She merely puts them to use. Such mature, self-effacing accomplishment is remarkable anywhere -- but in a first novel? Try suspending that disbelief' Benjamin Kunkel, author of Indecision
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'Freudenberger's writing is appealingly fluid and open, with a
striking consistency of tone.' -- Independent
'descriptions of the East Village scene, which really existed in
Beijing, are knowing and engaging...her writing is dizzingly, delightfully
specific.' -- Financial Times
'elegantly organised, truthfully characterised and written in prose as warm and refreshing as a Californian morning.' -- Evening Standard
'searingly intelligent...there is an incandescent talent at work
here' -- The Times
'so well put together that as soon as I finished it I was
compelled to go back to the beginning.' -- Observer
'this is a bold, absorbing debut' -- Guardian
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striking consistency of tone.' -- Independent
'descriptions of the East Village scene, which really existed in
Beijing, are knowing and engaging...her writing is dizzingly, delightfully
specific.' -- Financial Times
'elegantly organised, truthfully characterised and written in prose as warm and refreshing as a Californian morning.' -- Evening Standard
'searingly intelligent...there is an incandescent talent at work
here' -- The Times
'so well put together that as soon as I finished it I was
compelled to go back to the beginning.' -- Observer
'this is a bold, absorbing debut' -- Guardian
The first novel from award-winning author, Nell Freudenberger
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0330493434
- ISBN 13 9780330493437
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages432
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