A 10th-century Chinese mandarin travels forward in time, and writes letters home reporting on the strange land of 'Zha-ma-ni' in which he is surrounded by giants with big noses, and frightened by the iron carriages called 'mo-tao-kas'. We gradually realise that he is in present-day Munich, and the hapless voyager's encounters with modern life and love, make delightful reading.’ Scotland on Sunday
Two million copies of the German edition have been sold which belies the claims that the Germans do not have a sense of humour and do not like satire.
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Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 274 ● ISBN 9781910213223 ● Filstorlek 0.4 MB ● Utgivare Dedalus ● Stad London ● Land GB ● Publicerad 2014 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 6603225 ● Kopieringsskydd Social DRM