This âblistering satireâ of modern China was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize and a New York Times Editorâs Choice novel (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Â Leninâs 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 contentâuntil their crops and livelihood are obliterated by a snowstorm in the middle of summer. Then a county official arrives with a peculiar plan. He wants to use the villagers to start a traveling performance troupe. Next, heâll take the profits and buy Leninâs embalmed corpse from Russia and install it in a mausoleum to attract tourism. But the success of the Shuanghuai County Special-Skills Performance Troupe comes at a serious price. Â Named a finalist for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize, Leninâs Kisses is âa satirical masterpieceâ (Kirkus) that was on Best Book of 2012 lists from the New Yorker, MacLeans, and Kirkus, and was also a New York Times Editorsâ Choice.
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