Three Brothers

Informationen zum Autor Yan Lianke Klappentext A memoir evoking rural China during the cultural revolution, set in Song County in Henan Province. Lianke's first work of non-fiction to appear in English. Zusammenfassung Reading novels is an escape for Yan, and he yearns to become a writer after hearing about a woman who was allowed to remain in the city of Harbin after publishing her first novel. Caught between his obligations as a son and a brother, and his longing for a new life, Yan eventually joins the army.

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Yan Lianke

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A memoir evoking rural China during the cultural revolution, set in Song County in Henan Province. Lianke's first work of non-fiction to appear in English.

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Reading novels is an escape for Yan, and he yearns to become a writer after hearing about a woman who was allowed to remain in the city of Harbin after publishing her first novel. Caught between his obligations as a son and a brother, and his longing for a new life, Yan eventually joins the army.