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Hard Like Water by Yan Lianke
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Gao Aijun is a son of the soil of Henan's Balou Mountains, and after a service in the Army, he is on his way back to his ancestral village, feeling like a hero. Close to his arrival, he sees a strikingly attractive woman walking barefoot alongside a railway track in the warm afternoon sun, and he is ins ...Show more
Heart Sutra by Yan Lianke
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The five major religions collide in an exploration of spirituality and gender fluidity in a novel imbued with celebrated Chinese author Yan Lianke's distinctive wit and humour. The Heart Sutra is the most mysterious scripture in Chinese Buddhism. In Yan Lianke's new novel, disciples of China's five main ...Show more
The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke; Carlos Rojas (Translator)
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Yan Lianke has secured his place as contemporary China's most essential and daring novelist, "with his superlative gifts for storytelling and penetrating eye for truth" (New York Times Book Review). His newest novel,The Day the Sun Died--winner of the Dream of the Red Chamber Award, one of the most pres ...Show more
The Explosion Chronicles by Yan Lianke
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"The village of Explosion was founded more than a millennium ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new significance as the community grows explosively. Three major families:linked by a complex web of loyalty, betrayal, desire and ambition:are the drivin ...Show more
The Years, Months, Days by Yan Lianke
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The Years, Months, Days is a profound and moving fable about the deep love between an old man and his blind dog trying to survive in a terrible drought - there is no food, the villagers have left, but the old man has managed to nurture a corn seed that has germinated on a mountain top. He is devoted to ...Show more
Three Brothers: Memories of My Family by Yan Lianke
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A powerful and intimate memoir about childhood, family and politics during the Cultural Revolution, from one of China's most important contemporary voices. With his quick wit and gift for metaphor, Yan Lianke brings the reader into his home of the 1960s and early 70s in rural Henan Province. Yan's is a ...Show more
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