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June 11, 2008 Books

Beijing Coma

Ma Jian ? Farrar, Straus and Giroux ? Available now

by Ryan Vlastelica

The hero of Ma Jian’s Beijing Coma is a young man who lies comatose as a result of wounds sustained at Tiananmen Square. His coma lasts for ten years, during which time he is moved around China by his mother, who struggles…

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