Hard Like Water

'The new masterpiece by eminent Chinese writer Yan Lianke . . . two revolutionaries take matters disastrously into their own hands while conducting a crazed affair' MARGARET ATWOOD on Twitter<BR><BR>A breakneck adventure story following the erotic love affair of party cadres Aijun and Hongmei during China's Cultural Revolution<BR><BR>This is the story of the freewheeling love affair between married soldier Aijun and Hongmei, a beautiful young woman from his village in the Balou Mountains.<BR><BR>Intoxicated with one another, Aijun and Hongmei hurl themselves into their town's revolutionary struggle. Spending their days and nights stamping out feudalism, writing pamphlets and organising rallies, they become inseparable: they are the engines of history.<BR><BR>But as their political activity reaches new heights, so does the danger of getting caught... <BR><BR>'A blistering tour-de-force... Sensuous and riveting' MADELEINE THIEN, Booker-shortlisted author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing<BR><BR>'Fascinating... This tale of an illicit tryst during the Cultural Revolution is a stinging satire' The Times<BR><BR>**A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST FICTION IN TRANSLATION BOOK 2021**