Half Revealed: The Survival Chronicles of Chinese Snipers

Author: Bian Qingkui
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This is the first comprehensive documentary work in China that showcases the life of "gunmen." A group of literary youth from other provinces, driven by their passion and love for literature, bravely left their hometowns to venture into Beijing in pursuit of their literary dreams. However, the harsh realities of society forced them one by one to become literary "gunmen," tools for book publishers to exploit for profit and to abuse at will. Yet, for survival, for dignity, and for the illusory dreams in their hearts, they endured silently, forced smiles, but the final outcome of this book also reveals for the first time many unknown inner workings of the current publishing market. It delivers a profound shock to readers, publishers, book operators, as well as professional writers and literary youth!