'The new masterpiece by eminent Chinese writer Yan Lianke . . . two
revolutionaries take matters disastrously into their own hands
while conducting a crazed affair' MARGARET ATWOOD on Twitter A
breakneck adventure story following the erotic love affair of party
cadres Aijun and Hongmei during China's Cultural Revolution This is
the story of the freewheeling love affair between married soldier
Aijun and Hongmei, a beautiful young woman from his village in the
Balou Mountains. Intoxicated with one another, Aijun and Hongmei
hurl themselves into their town's revolutionary struggle. Spending
their days and nights stamping out feudalism, writing pamphlets and
organising rallies, they become inseparable: they are the engines
of history. But as their political activity reaches new heights, so
does the danger of getting caught... 'A blistering tour-de-force...
Sensuous and riveting' MADELEINE THIEN, Booker-shortlisted author
of Do Not Say We Have Nothing 'Fascinating... This tale of an
illicit tryst during the Cultural Revolution is a stinging satire'
The Times **A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST FICTION IN TRANSLATION BOOK
2021**
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