Death Fugue

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""Sometimes art is the only means by which we may find out the truth." One morning, a nine-story tower of excrement inexplicably appears in the capital of Dayang. The government performs a hasty cover-up, sparking protests that quickly explode in unrest. Mengliu, a young poet, and his girlfriend Qizi are swept up in the movement -- but in the brutal crackdown that follows, Qizi, along with thousands of other protestors, disappears. Years later, while searching for Qizi, Mengliu washes ashore in the uptopian Swan Valley. Initially seduced by the opulence and order of Swan Valley, Megliu soon uncovers the deep, inhumane cost of maintaining this perfect society. Lavish, relentless, and occasionally unhinged, Death Fugue is a profound dystopian meditation on art and freedom."-- Back cover