The Explosion Chronicles - Yan Lianke

Vintage Books - <p>With the Yi River on one side and the Balou Mountains on the other, the village of Explosion was founded a thousand years ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era, the rural community grows into a vast megalopolis. Behind this expansion are three rival clans linked together by a web of ambition, madness and greed.</p>