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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
UFO in Her Eyes is another look at life in the countryside of China and though set in the not to distant future of 2012 it seems to look at Guo thoughts on the way China is changing and what happens to the small villages where over 700 million peasants live and work. This isn't a dull or lecturing book, but mainly it's told with a rye knowing smile. It's not a light book though and has a statement and looks at the situation and is in part saddening and thought provoking too.
Kwok Yun is a peasant living on the edges of Silver Hill Village when one day she witnesses a flying disc in the sky "a UFThing" she then finds a foreignerin the rice fields and shadows of the craft with blue eyes and yellow hair in a field who she looks after. Once these things are discovered by the villagers and then Chinese intelligence from Beijing armed with questions who interrogate the town. Kwok slowly becomes an instant celebrity and the town becomes famous. Soon what was once a small peasant village becomes a tourist attraction gaining chains of shops, a leisure centre (on top of a peasants fields without asking) and a huge statue in honour of the UFO and all of the villagers lives are changed though not for the better as you might think.
Kwok Yun is a peasant living on the edges of Silver Hill Village when one day she witnesses a flying disc in the sky "a UFThing" she then finds a foreignerin the rice fields and shadows of the craft with blue eyes and yellow hair in a field who she looks after. Once these things are discovered by the villagers and then Chinese intelligence from Beijing armed with questions who interrogate the town. Kwok slowly becomes an instant celebrity and the town becomes famous. Soon what was once a small peasant village becomes a tourist attraction gaining chains of shops, a leisure centre (on top of a peasants fields without asking) and a huge statue in honour of the UFO and all of the villagers lives are changed though not for the better as you might think.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Imagine, if you will, that you have picked up a set of Chinese government files and begun to read.
Two government agents have been questioning the residents of Silver Hill Village. It appears that something unusual has happened.
The truth emerges slowly.
In 2012 on the twentieth day of the seventh moon Kwok Yun, a young peasant woman, was making her way across the rice fields on her Flying Pigeon bicycle. Along the way, she saw a UFO and then she went to the aid of an American traveller who had been bitten by a snake.
Several months later the American gave a large dollar cheque to the village as a token of gratitude for Yun's actions. This inspired Chang Lee, the chief of the village, to make ambitious plans for its development.
The villagers initially liked the scheme, but as their lives were disrupted by the growth of the "UFO industry" and their chief's growing ambitions, they came to like it rather less.
Meanwhile, Kwok Yun enjoyed her celebrity status.
Xialou throws up some nice ideas about life in rural China, the effects of modernization and pervading Western influences. Serious points are made with a dash of humour and a very light touch.
The execution of the book as a series of reports is fun and very well executed, but it does rather restrict the story and any character development.
And so overall this was a fun read, but not an essential one.
Two government agents have been questioning the residents of Silver Hill Village. It appears that something unusual has happened.
The truth emerges slowly.
In 2012 on the twentieth day of the seventh moon Kwok Yun, a young peasant woman, was making her way across the rice fields on her Flying Pigeon bicycle. Along the way, she saw a UFO and then she went to the aid of an American traveller who had been bitten by a snake.
Several months later the American gave a large dollar cheque to the village as a token of gratitude for Yun's actions. This inspired Chang Lee, the chief of the village, to make ambitious plans for its development.
The villagers initially liked the scheme, but as their lives were disrupted by the growth of the "UFO industry" and their chief's growing ambitions, they came to like it rather less.
Meanwhile, Kwok Yun enjoyed her celebrity status.
Xialou throws up some nice ideas about life in rural China, the effects of modernization and pervading Western influences. Serious points are made with a dash of humour and a very light touch.
The execution of the book as a series of reports is fun and very well executed, but it does rather restrict the story and any character development.
And so overall this was a fun read, but not an essential one.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Set againt the backdrop of a UFO sighting, this book has a darker, more meaningful undertone that offers an eye-opening insight into life in rural china and the effects of modernization on small villages. Written as a series of interviews and Government documents, this book also suggests the under-lying secrecy, yet brutal involvement of the Government in such matters. Technically a science-fiction and set in the very near future, yet you can make comparisons to life today.
A good book that certainly makes you think, unfortunately I just didn't feel involved enough. I was so looking forward to reading this after the beautiful novel 'Twenty Fragments Of A Ravenous Youth' by the same author, but was left disappointed and hoping for much more
A good book that certainly makes you think, unfortunately I just didn't feel involved enough. I was so looking forward to reading this after the beautiful novel 'Twenty Fragments Of A Ravenous Youth' by the same author, but was left disappointed and hoping for much more
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An elegaic read that made me think
This is an unusual and interesting book, probably quite different from whatever else you might have been reading. Read more
Published on 14 July 2009 by Michael Marett-crosby
not romantic but enjoyable
i won't describe the plot,a previous reviewer did that. I enjoyed this novel! I read the author's previous novels which i liked and at first glance you know you are in for a... Read more
Published on 22 May 2009 by Anthony Marinelli
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