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Gods Summoning System

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by Zheng Yan, Babel Novel ...

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An ordinary youth who had crossed worlds had obtained the Supreme Summoning System!Buddha, the gods of the sky, listen to my command.Being bullied? I have the God of Slaughter, Bai Qi, and I will return it a hundredfold!Missing a bodyguard? Summon the courage of a dragon, Zhao Yun, seven in seven!You want a weapon? Sand Hawk's Left-wheel Mucus, pick whatever you want!Insufficient defense? The best ... Read more

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An ordinary youth who had crossed worlds had obtained the Supreme Summoning System!Buddha, the gods of the sky, listen to my command.Being bullied? I have the God of Slaughter, Bai Qi, and I will return it a hundredfold!Missing a bodyguard? Summon the courage of a dragon, Zhao Yun, seven in seven!You want a weapon? Sand Hawk's Left-wheel Mucus, pick whatever you want!Insufficient defense? The best
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The Socialist Side of World Literature

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The Socialist Side of World Literature explores Socialist Realism in English-language publications since 1935. While many studies have focused mainly on the Soviet Union and Europe, often overlooking significant figures from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and marginalized groups in the First and Second Worlds, this book looks at the many crucial questions that have remained unanswered, including why ... Read more

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The Socialist Side of World Literature explores Socialist Realism in English-language publications since 1935. While many studies have focused mainly on the Soviet Union and Europe, often overlooking significant figures from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and marginalized groups in the First and Second Worlds, this book looks at the many crucial questions that have remained unanswered, including why
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Serve the People!

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A satirical novel set in 1967 China from the Franz Kafka Prize-winning author of Lenin's Kiss—"one of China's greatest living authors" ( The Guardian).Serve the People! is the story of a forbidden love affair between Liu Lian, the young wife of a Division Commander in Communist China, and a servant in her household, Wu Dawang. Left to idle at home while her husband furthers the revolution, Liu ... Read more

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A satirical novel set in 1967 China from the Franz Kafka Prize-winning author of Lenin's Kiss—"one of China's greatest living authors" ( The Guardian).Serve the People! is the story of a forbidden love affair between Liu Lian, the young wife of a Division Commander in Communist China, and a servant in her household, Wu Dawang. Left to idle at home while her husband furthers the revolution, Liu
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The Explosion Chronicles

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"A rip-roaring Swiftian satire from a contemporary Chinese master" follows a rural community's transformation from small village to megalopolis ( The Economist ).With the Yi River on one side and the Balou Mountains on the other, the village of Explosion was founded more than a millennium ago by refugees fleeing a seismic volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new ... Read more

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"A rip-roaring Swiftian satire from a contemporary Chinese master" follows a rural community's transformation from small village to megalopolis ( The Economist ).With the Yi River on one side and the Balou Mountains on the other, the village of Explosion was founded more than a millennium ago by refugees fleeing a seismic volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new
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Lenin's Kisses

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This "blistering satire" of modern China was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize and a New York Times Editor's Choice novel ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Lenin's Kisses is set in modern day China, in the village of Liven. Nestled within the Balou Mountains, the people have enough food and leisure to be content—until their crops and livelihood are obliterated by a snowstorm in ... Read more

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This "blistering satire" of modern China was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize and a New York Times Editor's Choice novel ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Lenin's Kisses is set in modern day China, in the village of Liven. Nestled within the Balou Mountains, the people have enough food and leisure to be content—until their crops and livelihood are obliterated by a snowstorm in
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Three Brothers

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From the Franz Kafka Prize–winning author. "Full of love, sorrow, and tenderness . . . a deeply heartfelt account of his family in the 1960s and 70s." —Xiaolu Guo, award-winning author of Nine ContinentsWith lyricism and deep emotion, Yan Lianke chronicles the extraordinary lives of his father and uncles, as well as his own during the Cultural Revolution. Living in a remote village, Yan's parents ... Read more

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From the Franz Kafka Prize–winning author. "Full of love, sorrow, and tenderness . . . a deeply heartfelt account of his family in the 1960s and 70s." —Xiaolu Guo, award-winning author of Nine ContinentsWith lyricism and deep emotion, Yan Lianke chronicles the extraordinary lives of his father and uncles, as well as his own during the Cultural Revolution. Living in a remote village, Yan's parents
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Young Military Rarities

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This is a story about two young talented boys fell in love. Two boys with handsome looks and distinctive personality, as long as they met, their story wound never end.They got to know each other at zombie-ridden troubled times. At the time that two strong person met, it felt like they had known each other for a long time. They sincerely cooperated and helped each other. Their feelings bonded ... Read more

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This is a story about two young talented boys fell in love. Two boys with handsome looks and distinctive personality, as long as they met, their story wound never end.They got to know each other at zombie-ridden troubled times. At the time that two strong person met, it felt like they had known each other for a long time. They sincerely cooperated and helped each other. Their feelings bonded
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ANTAGONIST

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Russia. 2000s.After a tragedy that changes his life forever, a young man is thrust into a world ruled by money, violence, and betrayal. To survive, he must endure trials few ever speak off.A story of coming of age, revenge, love, and resilience set against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent eras in modern Russia. ... Read more

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Russia. 2000s.After a tragedy that changes his life forever, a young man is thrust into a world ruled by money, violence, and betrayal. To survive, he must endure trials few ever speak off.A story of coming of age, revenge, love, and resilience set against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent eras in modern Russia.
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Red Sorghum

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The acclaimed novel of love and resistance during late 1930s China by Mo Yan, winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureSpanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty, as the Chinese battle both Japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s.A legend in China, ... Read more

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The acclaimed novel of love and resistance during late 1930s China by Mo Yan, winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureSpanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty, as the Chinese battle both Japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s.A legend in China,
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Dream of Ding Village

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"A brilliant and harrowing novel" about a deadly epidemic fueled by corruption, based on real-life events in China ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Officially censored upon its Chinese publication, Dream of Ding Village is based on a real-life blood-selling scandal in eastern China. The novel is the result of three years of undercover work by Yan Lianke, who worked as an assistant to a well ... Read more

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"A brilliant and harrowing novel" about a deadly epidemic fueled by corruption, based on real-life events in China ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Officially censored upon its Chinese publication, Dream of Ding Village is based on a real-life blood-selling scandal in eastern China. The novel is the result of three years of undercover work by Yan Lianke, who worked as an assistant to a well
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Strange Beasts of China

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A New York Times Editors' Choice and Notable Book of 2021"Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror of 2021"—The Washington PostFrom one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful novel that blurs the line between human and beast…In the fictional Chinese city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled ... Read more

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A New York Times Editors' Choice and Notable Book of 2021"Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror of 2021"—The Washington PostFrom one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful novel that blurs the line between human and beast…In the fictional Chinese city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled
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Frog

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**A NEW YORK TIMES TOP BOOK OF THE YEARWASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK“Mo Yan’s voice will find it’s way into the heart of the American reader, just as Kundera and García Márquez have.” —Amy Tan author of The Joy Luck ClubFrom the Nobel-prize winning author of Red Sorghum and one China’s most revered writers, a novel exploring the One-Child Policy**Before the Cultural Revolution, Gugu, narrator ... Read more

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**A NEW YORK TIMES TOP BOOK OF THE YEARWASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK“Mo Yan’s voice will find it’s way into the heart of the American reader, just as Kundera and García Márquez have.” —Amy Tan author of The Joy Luck ClubFrom the Nobel-prize winning author of Red Sorghum and one China’s most revered writers, a novel exploring the One-Child Policy**Before the Cultural Revolution, Gugu, narrator
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