The Fever

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  • Published 20101207
  • ISBN: 9781921656187
  • Extent: 264 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

THE DUSK SETTLES over a day in late autumn. The sun sets above the East Henan plain, a blood-red ball turning the earth and sky a deep shade of crimson. As red unfurls, slowly the dusk turns to evening. Autumn grows deeper; the cold more intense. The village streets are all empty and silent.

Dogs are in their dens.

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Yan Lianke

Yan Lianke was born in Song county, Henan province.He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1978, and graduated from Henan University in 1985 and...

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