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The years, months, days : two novellas  Cover Image Book Book

The years, months, days : two novellas / Yan Lianke ; translated from the Chinese by Carlos Rojas.

Yan, Lianke, 1958- (author.). Rojas, Carlos, 1970- (translator.). Yan, Lianke, 1958- Marrow. (Added Author).

Summary:

Yan Lianke"Chinas most feted and most banned author" (Financial Times)is a master of imaginative satire, and his prize-winning works have been published around the world to the highest honors. Now, his two most acclaimed novellas are collected here in a single volumemasterfully crafted stories that explore the sacrifices made for family, the driving will to survive, and the longing to leave behind a personal legacy.

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  • ISBN: 9780802126658
  • ISBN: 0802126650
  • Physical Description: x, 192 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Black Cat, 2017.

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General Note:
"The years, months, days first published in China in 1997 as Nian yue ri by Harvest magazine ; Marrow first published in China in 2001 as Ba lou tian ge."
Formatted Contents Note:
The years, months, days -- Marrow.
Subject: Droughts > China > Fiction.
Human-animal relationships > China > Fiction.
Cannibalism > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Genre: Novellas.
Psychological fiction.


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