Lenin's Kisses

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Author:

Lianke, Yan

Translator:

Rojas, Carlos

ISBN:

978-1-921961-42-7

Publication Date:

Oct 2012

Publisher:

Text Publishing Company

Book Format:

Digital download

List Price:

AUD $32.99

Book Description:

A provocative and biting tragicomedy of greed and corruption. Blind, deaf, and disfigured, the 197 citizens of the Village of Liven enjoy a peaceful lifestyle. But when an unseasonal snowstorm wipes out the grain crops, a county official convinces the villagers to set up a travelling freak-show showcasing their disabilities.

Book Details

Pages:	560
Detailed Subjects:	Fiction / Satire Fiction / Disabilities

Author Biography

Lianke, Yan (Author)

Yan Lianke was born in 1958 in Song County, Henan Province, China. He studied politics and education and is a 1985 graduate of Henan University. A few years later he received a degree in Literature from the People's Liberation Army Art Institute. His novels include Serve the People!, Lenin's Kisses, Dream of Ding Village, and The Four Books. Yan Lianke won the Hua Zhong World Chinese Literature Prize in 2013. He has also won two of China's most prestigious literary awards: the Lu Xan Literary Prize (in 1998 and 2001) and the Lao She Literary Award in 2005. In 2014, he won the Franz Kafka Prize.

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