{"product_id":"serve-the-people-paperback-1","title":"Serve the People! - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYan Lianke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulia Lovell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA satirical novel set in 1967 China from the Franz Kafka Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLenin's Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e--\"one of China's greatest living authors\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eServe the People!\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a forbidden love affair between Liu Lian, the young wife of a Division Commander in Communist China, and a servant in her household, Wu Dawang. Left to idle at home while her husband furthers the revolution, Liu Lian establishes a rule for her orderly: whenever the household's wooden Serve the People! sign is removed from its usual place on the dinner table and placed elsewhere, Wu Dawang is to stop what he is doing and attend to her needs upstairs. What follows is a \"steamy and subversive\" story and comic satire on Mao's slogan and the political and sexual taboos of his regime (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally banned in China, \u003ci\u003eServe the People!\u003c\/i\u003e is the first work from Yan Lianke to be translated into English, and \"a scathing sendup of life in 1960s China during the chaos of the country's Cultural Revolution\" (\u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYan Lianke \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eThree Brothers \u003c\/i\u003eand numerous novels and novellas, including \u003ci\u003eHard Like Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Sun Died\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Explosion Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Four Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLenin's Kisses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDream of Ding Village\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Years, Months, Days\u003c\/i\u003e. Among many accolades, he was awarded the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature and the Franz Kafka Prize, and was elected as a Royal Society of Literature International Writer. He was twice a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the Man Asian Literary Prize, and the Prix Femina étranger. He has also received two of China's most prestigious literary honors, the Lu Xun Prize and the Lao She Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.24 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51896037638432,"sku":"9780802170446","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cX1y9IkXO89780802170446.webp?v=1782045137","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/serve-the-people-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}