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Bons baisers de Lénine by Yan Lianke

Bons baisers de Lénine

Yan Lianke with Sylvie Gentil (Translator)

655 pages • first pub 2003 (editions) user-added

fiction literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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A mystifying climatic incongruity begins the award-winning novel Lenin’s Kisses—an absurdist, tragicomic masterpiece set in modern day China. Nestled deep within the Balou mountains, spared from the government’s watchful eye, the harmonious people...

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Community Reviews

3.57
based on 69 reviews

Moods

dark: 57%

emotional: 42%

reflective: 42%

sad: 42%

tense: 42%

adventurous: 28%

challenging: 28%

funny: 28%

mysterious: 14%

Pace

66% of readers chose medium
33% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

28% of readers chose Plot
57% of readers chose A mix
14% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

28% of readers chose Yes
28% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

42% of readers chose Complicated
57% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

60% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

80% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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