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The Day the Sun Died
The Day the Sun Died | Yan Lianke
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One dusk in early June, in a town deep in the Balou mountains, fourteen-year-old Li Niannian notices that something strange is going on. As the residents would usually be settling down for the night, instead they start appearing in the streets and fields. There are people everywhere. Li Niannian watches, mystified. But then he realises the people are dreamwalking, carrying on with their daily business as if the sun hadnt already gone down. And before too long, as more and more people succumb, in the black of night all hell breaks loose. Set over the course of one night, The Day the Sun Died sets chaos and darkness against the sunny optimism of the Chinese dream promoted by President Xi Jinping. We are thrown into the middle of an increasingly strange and troubling waking nightmare as Li Niannian and his father struggle to save the town, and persuade the beneficent sun to rise again. Praise for Yan Lianke's books Nothing short of a masterpiece Guardian A hyper-real tour de force, a blistering condemnation of political corruption and excess Financial Times Mordant satire from a brave fabulist Daily Mail Exuberant and imaginative Sunday Times I can think of few better novelists than Yan, with his superlative gifts for storytelling and penetrating eye for truth New York Times Book Review
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StrebelArt
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Midway through the book. Strange story, very interesting and well written. Translated from Chinese.

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Simona
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Retail therapy is quite addictive ... Here it is - my midweek booster 😬

CoffeeCatsBooks Love the cover on the top book! 💕 5y
batsy Ah, that gorgeous copy of Makioka Sisters! 5y
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batsy @Simona Thanks, @erzascarletbookgasm just posted about this recently too! So lovely 😍 5y
Cathythoughts Sounds really good. Stacking 5y
LeahBergen Lovely! ❤️❤️ 5y
Simona @LeahBergen Lovely - yes, but retail therapy can be quite expensive 😘 5y
Simona @Cathythoughts I like his works very much, but if you don‘t like satire, then I wouldn‘t recommend it... 5y
Libby1 Those Vintage Japan book covers are to die for. 🤤 5y
Simona @Libby I‘m very tempted to return to the bookstore and buy the rest of them ... just because of the beautiful covers 🙄 5y
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Yan Lianke deconstructs Xi Jinping's concept of the "Chinese Dream" - turns out there's only a thin line between a dream and a nightmare...#netgalley #arc #thedaythesundied #belgium #china #travelitsy

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My current reading environment! #litsyonthego #beachreads #belgium #travel #europe

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MeikeReads Thanks so much, @Bookspirit and @Bronte_Chintz !! 6y
MeikeReads @ClairesReads , it's so beautiful here right now, I really don't want to go back home next week! 6y
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