Lenin's Kisses av Yan Lianke

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<p>A FINALIST FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE<br><br>Deep within the Balou mountains lies a small rural town populated by disabled people. Blind, deaf and disfigured, the 197 citizens of the Village of Liven have until now enjoyed a peaceful, mutually supportive life out of sight and mind of the government. But when an unseasonal snowstorm wipes out that year¿s crops, a county official dreams up a scheme that will raise money for the district and boost his career. <br><br>He convinces the villagers to set up a travelling freak-show, to include Blind Tonghua¿s Acute Listening Act and Deafman Ma¿s Firecrackers-on-the-Ear. With the money, he intends to buy Lenin¿s embalmed corpse from an ailing Russia and install it in a splendid mausoleum in the mountains to attract tourism to this sleepy district. However, as we all know, even the best intentions can go awry.</p>