Description
In a remote Chinese village of disabled residents, life is shaped by myth, hardship, and the strange distortions of history as modern China presses in. When an ambitious plan emerges to fund the relocation of Lenin’s body, the villagers’ intimate knowledge of survival becomes entangled with politics, spectacle, and the uneasy demands of the outside world. Through darkly comic, sharply observed storytelling, the novel explores themes of marginalization, bodily dignity, ideological performance, and the ways power turns human lives into symbols. Newly and beautifully translated by Carlos Rojas, Yan Lianke’s award-winning fiction blends surreal turns with social realism, offering a haunting—yet often hilarious—portrait of a censored, constrained reality and the creative spirit that persists within it.
Available Editions
paperback
Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published Jan 1, 2013
512 pages
ISBN: 9780802121776
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Details
First Published
2012
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Lenin's Kisses by Yan Lianke.