Author

Yan Lianke

6 books, mostly literary fiction, for Audible Studios and Brilliance Audio, 2015–2027

Yan Lianke is a Chinese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and literary critic who began publishing in 1979 after serving as a propaganda writer in the People’s Liberation Army. His fiction evolved from realism toward experimental, allegorical, surreal, and sharply satirical examinations of Chinese history, politics, censorship, and rural life. He is the author of novels including Lenin’s Kisses, The Four Books, Dream of Ding Village, The Explosion Chronicles, and The Family Plot, and has received major honors including the Franz Kafka Prize, the Lu Xun Literary Prize, and the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature.