Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Rise of Oppositional Chinese Political Novels 1
5. 1 Destruction of Communist Myths 23
6. 2 Wolf Totem: Paradoxical Eulogy to a Culture 53
7. 3 Lenin's Kisses: Absurdity, Dehumanization, and Dilemma of the Chinese Utopia 80
8. 4 Such Is This World@sars.come: Dictatorship as a Fatal Disease 114
9. 5 The Fat Years: Social Injustice, Forced Amnesia, Distorted Mentality, and Fascism 145
10. 6 The Seventh Day: Dystopian Wasteland versus Modern Peach Blossom Spring 173
11. Epilogue: Limits of Transgression and Mechanisms of Counter-Censorship 198
12. Notes 209
13. Bibliography 235
14. Index 251