Description: Li Miao Lovett is an award-winning writer telling stories of cultural and environmental change. Her debut novel, In the Lap of the Gods, is a tale of the dammed and displaced in China’s Three Gorges.
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In the Lap of the Gods is a novel set in China that resonates with the truth of our times. The world's largest dam rises up, leaving the poor without recourse as entire cities and villages go under water. The past is erased in the name of progress. Liu has lost all that is dear to him; his wife and unborn child have died, and his old town was flooded by the Three Gorges dam. In battling their own demons, Liu and Fang encounter the underbelly of China's rampant growth. This is a story of defiance, weaving to
“An important book, a moving farewell to the old, more humane way of life as China and all the world become technologized and globalized.” — Maxine Hong Kingston , author of Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace, The Woman Warrior ; National Book Foundation 2008 Medalist for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.