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Description edit
In 1983, at the age of thirty, dissident artist Ma Jian finds himself divorced by his wife, separated from his daughter, betrayed by his girlfriend, facing arrest for “Spiritual Pollution,” and severely disillusioned with the confines of life in Beijing. So with little more than a change of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Ma Jian: 30-year old artist and writer from Beijing, China who embarks on a journey to places he's never been to before.
- Li Tao: Add a description of this character.
- Ma Jian
- Yao Lu
- Liu
- Yang Ming
- Mimi
- Chun Mei
- Mili
- Tian Bing
- Tang Weiguo
- Zhang Shengli
- Mao Zedong
- Zhang Wen
- Myima
- Qiuzi
- Ma Youshan
- Li Anmei
- Ma Dan
- Chen Hong
- Nannan
- Li Zhi
- Lu Ping
- Mo Yuan
- Shen Chao
- Gelek
- Wu Jian
- Dunhuang
- Tashi
- Director Zhang
Setting & Locations edit
- Beijing
- China
- Guangzhou
- Tibet
- Hong Kong
- Chengdu
- Yunnan
- Sichuan
- Shenzhen
- Yellow River
- Da Xian
- Guizhou
- Qingdao
- Qinghai
- Guiyang
- Gansu
- Lhasa
- Hangzhou
- Great Wall
- Xinjiang
- Beimu
- Gorge
- Silk Road
- Guangxi
- Shigatse
- America
- Xuelin
- Yanshan
- Sangye
- Guoping
- Chongqing
- Daoism
- Amitabha
First Sentence edit
Last year, in the spring of 1981, my work unit moved me from the staff dormitory block to a small house in Nanxiao Lane.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 915
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