00000cam a22000003a 4500 UP-1685594773862217436 Buklod 20230904085001.0 m | | ta 230904t20152014nyu r 000 f eng 9781250062352 (Paperback) (iLib)UPBAG-00038350801 BG-17136 Gift- Prof. Delfin L. Tolentino DLC BAG rda eng PL 2882 I28 J5513 2015 Mai, Jia 1963- author. Jie mi English Decoded Mai Jia ; translated from the Chinese by Olivia Milburn and Christopher Payne. Decoded a novel. First Picador edition. New York, N.Y. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015. ©2014. 315 pages 21 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier English translation originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2014. "One of China's bestselling novels, an unusual literary thriller that takes us deep into the world of code breaking In his gripping debut novel, Mai Jia reveals the mysterious world of Unit 701, a top-secret Chinese intelligence agency whose sole purpose is counterespionage and code breaking. Rong Jinzhen, an autistic math genius with a past shrouded in myth, is forced to abandon his academic pursuits when he is recruited into Unit 701. As China's greatest cryptographer, Rong discovers that the mastermind behind the maddeningly difficult Purple Code is his former teacher and best friend, who is now working for China's enemy--but this is only the first of many betrayals. Brilliantly combining the mystery and tension of a spy thriller with the psychological nuance of an intimate character study and the magical qualities of a Chinese fable, Decoded discovers in cryptography the key to the human heart. Both a riveting mystery and a metaphysical examination of the mind of an inspired genius, it is the first novel to be published in English by one of China's greatest and most popular contemporary writers."--Provided by publisher. A top secret counterespionage and code breaking unit recruits an autistic math genius who discovers his former teacher and best friend is working for the enemy. Originally published in Chinese in 2002 by China Youth Publishing Group, Beijing entitled Jie mi. Spy stories. Milburn, Olivia translator. Payne, Christopher 1976- translator. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN PL 2882 I28 J5513 2015 Book