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The backstreets : a novel from Xinjiang /

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An astonishing novel by a preeminent contemporary Uyghur author who was disappeared by the Chinese state. It follows an unnamed Uyghur man who comes to the impenetrable Chinese capital of Xinjiang after finding a temporary job in a government office. Seeking to escape the pain and poverty of the cou...

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Main Author: Tursun, Perhat, 1969- (Author)
Other Authors: Byler, Darren (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Uighur.
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2022].

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