Getting Used to Dying

(After his release from Mao s labour camps a Chinese writer travels to the West to lecture, to write and to visit relatives and lovers. Having known only the harsh and bitter realities of captivity, his life becomes distorted and surreal against the terrifying and vivid memories of labour camp executions, corpse sheds and near-starvation.
Zhang Xianliang s voice is unique in China today. Unsentimental, erotic, full of surprising humour and courage, this autobriographical novel speaks movingly of the plight of the country s intellectuals) Author of 'Grass Soup'.


Genre: General Fiction