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Item Details
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LENIN'S KISSES
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| By: |
Yan Lianke, Carlos Rojas (Trans) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1446484734 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781446484739 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
7 February, 2013 |
| Pages: |
512 |
| Description: |
Deep within the Balou mountains lies a small rural town populated by disabled people. Blind, deaf and disfigured, the 197 citizens of the Village of Liven have until now enjoyed a peaceful, mutually supportive life out of sight and mind of the government. |
| Synopsis: |
A FINALIST FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZEDeep within the Balou mountains lies a small rural town populated by disabled people. Blind, deaf and disfigured, the 197 citizens of the Village of Liven have until now enjoyed a peaceful, mutually supportive life out of sight and mind of the government. But when an unseasonal snowstorm wipes out that year's crops, a county official dreams up a scheme that will raise money for the district and boost his career. He convinces the villagers to set up a travelling freak-show, to include Blind Tonghua's Acute Listening Act and Deafman Ma's Firecrackers-on-the-Ear. With the money, he intends to buy Lenin's embalmed corpse from an ailing Russia and install it in a splendid mausoleum in the mountains to attract tourism to this sleepy district. However, as we all know, even the best intentions can go awry. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for The International Man Booker Prize 2013 (UK) |
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Non-returnable |
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