Ma Jian
Chinese novelist in exile whose Beijing Coma is a sweeping account of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre from the perspective of a student in a coma. All his books are banned in China.
Works
- Beijing ComaPolitical allegory set in coma-bound Beijing youth following Tiananmen Square
- Red DustAutobiographical narrative of exile and spiritual struggle through Tibet
- The Noodle Maker
- Stick Out Your TongueExperimental collection depicting Tibet's harsh beauty and human desperation
- China DreamPolitical satire exposing propaganda and corruption in contemporary China