The prisoners languish in horrifying conditions in their cells, with only their strength of character and thoughts of loved ones to save them from madness. All the while, families are destroyed by the random imprisonment of young and old for supposed crimes against the state. A surplus on the garlic market ensues, and the farmers must watch as their crops wither and rot in the fields. Warehouses fill up, taxes skyrocket, and government officials mistreat even those who have traveled for days to sell their harvest. The Communist government has encouraged them to plant garlic, but selling the crop is not as simple as they believed. The farmers of Paradise County have been leading a hardscrabble life unchanged for generations. Summary: This stunning work of historical fiction illustrates the harsh realities of modern China by the nation's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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