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 prestigious honors
for Chinese-language novels--is a haunting story of a town caught
in a waking nightmare. In a little village nestled in the Balou
mountains, fourteen-year-old Li Niannian and his parents run a
funeral parlor. One evening, he notices a strange occurrence.
Instead of preparing for bed, more and more neighbors appear in the
streets and fields, carrying on with their daily business as if the
sun hadn't already set. Li Niannian watches, mystified. As hundreds
of residents are found dreamwalking, they act out the desires
they've suppressed during waking hours. Before long, the community
devolves into chaos, and it's up to Li Niannian and his parents to
save the town before sunrise. Set over the course of one
increasingly bizarre night, The Day the Sun Died is a propulsive,
darkly sinister tale from a world-class writer.
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