The Four Books by Yan Lianke, translated by Carlos Rojas [in Library Journal]
02 Feb, by Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation
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*STARRED REVIEW Yan Lianke (Dream of Ding Village) has built his substantial career on exposing the surreal absurdity of China's 20th-century tragedies. His latest-in-translation features the 99th district of a reeducation camp, where intellectuals controlled by a maniacally cruel yet innocently naïve child endure merciless conditions...