The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo a satire of the Cultural Revolution in its first full English translationWang Xiaobo is a truly unique writer and there are very few writers like him Ai WeiweiFills the reader with aching poignancy and yet makes them want to laugh out loud Jung Chang author of Wild SwansTwentyone year old Wang Er stationed in a remote mountain commune spends his days herding oxen napping and dreaming of losing his virginity. His dreams come true in the shape of the beautiful doctor Cheng Qinyang. So begins the riotously funny story of their illicit love affair the Party officials who enjoy their forced confessions a little too much and Wangs life under the Communist regime his misadventures as a biology lecturer in a Beijing university and his entanglements with family friends and lovers. Golden Age is an explosive subversive wild and hilarious satire featuring one of literatures great protagonists a sensation when it was published in the 1990s and beloved today.