Název: Kuchař, chmaták a realitní magnát
Originální název: The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon
Autor: Liou Čen-jün
Překladatel: Zuzana LI
Vydáno: září 2017
Nakladatelství: Odeon
Počet stran: 368
Další kniha z pera Liou Čen- jüna nás zavádí nejen do restaurací v Číně, ale také do pekingského podsvětí, ke kuchařům, ledvinkám a tajemstvím. V knize se také vyskytuje korupce,[...]
The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon (AKA I Am Liu Yuejin) by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant… ...
The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon (AKA I Am Liu Yuejin) by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption.
The protagonist, Liu Yuejin, is a work site cook and small-time thief whose bag is stolen. In searching for it he stumbles upon another bag, which contains a flash disk that chronicles high-level corruption, and sets off a convoluted chase. There are no heroes in this scathing, complex, and highly readable critique of the dark side of China’s predatory capitalism, corruption, and the plight of the underclasses. A movie adaptation and TV series appeared in 2008 in China.
