The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up by Wenguang Huang, Philip Gourevitch, Liao Yiwu

The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up

Wenguang Huang, Philip Gourevitch, Liao Yiwu

336 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced
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The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a lep...

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Moods

informative 88%
dark 55%
reflective 55%
emotional 44%
sad 44%
challenging 33%
inspiring 22%
hopeful 11%

Pace

medium 83%
slow 16%

Average rating

4.09

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