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Lenin's Kisses by Yan Lianke
$35.00 NZD
Category: No Category
Lenin's Kisses is a brilliant novel about modern China. Blind, deaf, and disfigured, the 197 citizens of the Village of Liven enjoy a peaceful lifestyle, spared from the government's watchful eye. But when an unseasonal snowstorm wipes out the grain crops, a county official convinces the villagers to ...Show more
Serve The People! by Yan Lianke
$33.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Set in 1967, at the peak of the Mao cult, Serve the People! tells the story of the bored young wife of a military commander who seduces a young peasant soldier. The two lovers soon discover that the sacrilegious act of breaking a statue of Mao dramatically increases their desire for each other.
The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke; Carlos Rojas (Translator)
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Yan Lianke has secured his place as contemporary China's most essential and daring novelist, "with his superlative gifts for storytelling and penetrating eye for truth" (New York Times Book Review). His newest novel,The Day the Sun Died--winner of the Dream of the Red Chamber Award, one of the most pres ...Show more
The Explosion Chronicles by Yan Lianke
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
"The village of Explosion was founded more than a millennium ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new significance as the community grows explosively. Three major families:linked by a complex web of loyalty, betrayal, desire and ambition:are the drivin ...Show more
The Four Books by Yan Lianke; Translated by Carlos Rojas
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
Yan Lianke's most powerful novel yet. Reminiscent of A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and Darkness at Noon, Yan's mythical tale portrays the grotesque persecution during the Great Leap Forward. In the ninety-ninth district of a labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician un ...Show more
Three Brothers: Memories of My Family by Yan Lianke
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
A powerful and intimate memoir about childhood, family and politics during the Cultural Revolution, from one of China's most important contemporary voices. With his quick wit and gift for metaphor, Yan Lianke brings the reader into his home of the 1960s and early 70s in rural Henan Province. Yan's is a ...Show more
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