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Set in a near‑future Beijing, the novel opens with the disappearance of an entire month from official records—a loss that the country’s citizens collectively forget, yet one that a small circle of friends refuses to disregard. As they investigate, they confront the subtle mechanisms of a postmodern totalitarian regime and reveal how the deliberate erasure of past events threatens to erase the future. The story examines the dangers of state control and the essential role of memory in sustaining society.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Political Fiction/Political Dystopia
Authors: Guanzhong Chen
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