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Lenin's Kisses
Author: Lianke Yan
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Retail Price: | $27.99 |
Betabooks Price | $22.39 |
ISBN: 9781922079435
Format: Paperback
Published: October 2012
Published By: The Text Publishing Company
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Published: October 2012
Published By: The Text Publishing Company
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Product Description
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 set up a travelling freak-show showcasing their disabilities. With the money, he intends to buy Lenin's embalmed corpse from Russia and install it in a mausoleum in the mountains to attract tourism to the sleepy district.
Lenin's Kisses is a rollicking tragicomedy with a cast of moving characters - a cautionary tale of the all-consuming desire for power and wealth from one of China's most respected and celebrated writers