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The Aluminum Gospel: Of the Engineer Wu Nung Lai

The Aluminum Gospel: Of the Engineer Wu Nung Lai

Coad, Brian C.

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 141849853X
ISBN13: 9781418498535
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Dec 6 2004
Pages: 536
Weight: 1.71
Height: 1.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Many ordinary people did remarkable things in the mid-twentieth century. Wu Nung Lai was one of them. A child in rural China, he sought to merge with an elusive Marvel that a hermit said was God. Wu becomes a metallurgist, with duties at an Industrial Complex. A piece of equipment explodes. Wu experiences God in the explosion, but is demoted. His college mentor, Professor Hsiang-Nu, finds him Instructor duties at Chienhsi University. Liang, a student, helps. Wu examines aluminum alloys featuring a microstructure Westerners call Chinese Script. He finds readable scripts, calling them Words of God. Hsiang-Nu believes Wu's Words can help modernize China. Wu builds a Shrine to house them. A re-educated Liang leads Red Guards to attack the Shrine.

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