Hard Like Water (Paperback)

A breakneck adventure story following the erotic love affair of party cadres Aijun and Hongmei during China's Cultural Revolution '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 blistering tour de force' MADELEINE THIEN On his return to his village in the Balou Mountains, soldier Gao Aijun sees a young woman wandering barefoot along the railway tracks in the warm late-afternoon sun. Her name is Hongmei. Aijun is instantly intoxicated, his wife - waiting patiently for him at home - quickly forgotten. Both 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. The couple dig a 'tunnel of love' - to further the revolution, of course, but also to connect their homes and provide a chamber for their secret rendezvous. While the unsuspecting villagers sleep, they sing political songs and compete in shouting-matches of Maoist slogans before making earth-shattering love. But when Hongmei's husband finds them together one evening, their dreams of a life together begin to fall apart. Hard Like Water is a novel of immense emotional force from one of China's greatest contemporary writers, a universal human drama about the nature of power and the dangers of hubris, as well as the freewheeling momentum of love and sexual desire. **A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST FICTION IN TRANSLATION BOOK 2021**

General

Imprint:	Chatto and Windus
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2021
Authors:	Yan Lianke
Dimensions:	216 x 136 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-1-78474-290-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Erotic fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Romance > Historical
LSN:	1-78474-290-2
Barcode:	9781784742904

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