Yan, Lianke
Summary: "From "China's foremost literary satirist" (Financial Times) comes a captivating new novel set at a religious training center in Beijing, focusing on the love story of a Buddhist nun and a Daoist priest. At the Religious Training Center on the campus of Beijing's National Politics University, disciples of China's five main religions-Buddhism, Daoism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Islam-gather...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2023
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Summary: The trouble-free lives of the disabled residents of Liven in China are disrupted when a money-hungry county official convinces them to start a traveling freak show so that he can use the proceeds to buy the embalmed corpse of Lenin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2012