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Yan’s latest (Serve the People!) arrives superbly translated by Duke professor Rojas and auspiciously stamped with China’s Lao She Literary Award. Welcome to Liven, a mountainous haven populated by the disabled, who enjoy bountiful lives in a place so remote as to have avoided governmental controls since its legendary Ming dynasty founding. Liven—from a local word meaning “enjoyment, happiness, and passion”—joins the “new society” after an injured Mao Zhi, the Red...Log In or Sign Up to Read More