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Original Title:	The Dissident: A Novel
ISBN:	0330493442 (ISBN13: 9780330493444)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize, Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2007), Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize (2006)

The Dissident

Nell Freudenberger

Paperback | Pages: 432 pages

Rating: 3.35 | 838 Users | 122 Reviews

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Title	:	The Dissident
Author	:	Nell Freudenberger
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 432 pages
Published	:	March 21st 2008 by Picador USA (first published 2006)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. China. Literary Fiction. Novels. Contemporary

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From the award-winning author of "Lucky Girls" comes an intricately woven novel about secrets, love, art, identity and the shining chaos of everyday American life. Yuan Zho, a celebrated Chinese performance artist and political dissident, has accepted a one year's artist's residency in Los Angeles. He is to be a Visiting Scholar at the St Anselm's School for Girls, teaching advanced art, and hosted by one of the school's most devoted families: the wealthy if dysfunctional Traverses. The Traverses are too preoccupied with their own problems to pay their foreign guest much attention, and the dissident is delighted to be left alone - his past links with the radical movements give him good reason to avoid careful scrutiny. The trouble starts when he and his American hosts begin to view one another with clearer eyes.

'Freudenberger is most certainly the genuine article.' " Guardian"

'Freudenberger's novel unfolds into that rare thing, a work of poetics itself, a medication in art. The fact that she does it with such wit and compassion, such generosity of mind and heart, is miraculous.' "T he Times"

'A fiercely intelligent first novel . . . Lots of sharp, funny dialogue, it has something of a Lost in Translation feel.' "Eve Magazine "

'Written in prose as clear as birdsong, the novel grips from first to last.' "Scotland on Sunday"

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This is a book I probably never would have chosen myself, first of all because it has a boring title, and second of all because the blurb on the back doesn't do it justice. Luckily, I have amazing Friends Who Read, and Mary-Margaret intelligently passed this one on to me.I never really liked any of the characters--I never found myself really "rooting" for any of them--but strangely, that was actually preferable in this story. Well, maybe I liked the bush baby. They aren't really good people, and

I came to "The Dissident" with high hopes, because I loved Freudenberger's "Lost and Wanted." I don't think this earlier book is anywhere near as good. It's about a Chinese artist who comes on a scholarship to southern California, the family he stays with, and the high school students he teaches. As in "Lost and Wanted," there's a mystery within, but it's not as compelling.

A book with a few good moments and an interesting 1st person narrative about the history of avant-garde artists in communist China, but that ultimately builds to a climax that leaves the reader wondering, "Really? That's what it was all about?" Very disappointing.It's obvious Freudenberger spent all her time researching and developing the character of the Dissident himself, as anything dealing directly with his past is quite interesting and compelling. Ironically, though, all the American

"This was the second time an important moment in my life had been marked by a piece of performance art involving fish. ( How many people can write that sentence truthfully?)" Wonderful passages like this show how talented Nell Freudenberger's writing can be though she overreaches that talent overall in this book. This is the second text I've read recently by young women writers that touch on China in the years following Tiananmen Square. The other was the play "Chimerica" by Lucy Kirkwood which

Freudenberger is becoming one of my favourite authors. This is her first novel, after her book of short stories, and it is impressive for a debut novel. The story centres around a Chinese artist who has come to Los Angeles on an artist in residence program. There is a mystery around his origins. There are actually a lot of characters and themes in this story but they all gel in a very satisfying way.

Well-written. There were moments of honesty and truth I appreciated. That being said, I don't recommend it to anyone and would probably sell the book. (I never part with books.) Did anyone else notice that some parts of the story you were supposed to be emotionally invested in just ended? Absolutely zero resolution--as in never got mentioned again. I also felt like 'Who in the World cares about the actual Story'?! The decent writing hides the fact that there is no story worth telling. However, a

I breezed through this, though the canvas is quite large, like the painting by Cangyuan Shan Ren that keeps getting referenced throughout - there are a few too many characters that are too subtly developed. The resolution of many of these character's plot-lines, particularly the Taverses seems almost under-developed, or rather their fates are so....empty and sad. I had this gaping hole inside the pit of my stomach wanting a more fulfilling ending.There is a sense of something missing that you