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Marrow | Yan Lianke
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In a small village in the Balou Mountains, Fourth Wife You despairs of what the future holds for her four mentally-impaired children. A cure for the family curse appears, but it will extract a price so primal and complete that no one can be expected to make it except, perhaps, for a mother. A chilling and relentless tale of family responsibility and a mother's sacrifice, Marrowis Yan Lianke at his best. Translated from the original Chinese by Carlos Rojas
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tobsies
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"Do all of you know how to treat your own children?"

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shawnmooney
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A grotesque, surreal, compulsively readable novella about the degree to which a Chinese mother goes to marry off and otherwise look after her four grown, mentally disabled children. It features a hen-pecked ghost of a husband who had committed suicide two decades earlier, over whom she continues to domineer. Not a particularly politically correct tale, but one that will stick with me for a long, long time. My first Lianke: I must read more.

Cinfhen Nice review! 7y
DrexEdit Sounds interesting. Glad to have a Chinese author recommendation. I need to read more Chinese authors. 7y
vivastory Stacked! 7y
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shawnmooney
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Lindy 🤔 7y
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Lindy Does this person have synesthesia, or is this simply poetic use of language? 7y
shawnmooney @Lindy So far, my guess would be the latter… :-) 7y
BookBabe 🙂👍🏻 7y
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