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Li Er

李洱

Born 1966 · China

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    Mao Dun 2019 · Winner

    The Institute of Supreme Harmony (Volume One)

    应物兄 · Ying wu xiong

    Li Er · 52 when first published

    Novel · Satire

    AI-generated summary:At the fictional Jizhou University, the Confucian scholar Ying Wu is caught up in the founding of a new institute of Confucian studies, a project that draws in a vast cast of scholars, officials and businessmen.

  • In English

    Mao Dun 2005 · Nominee

    Coloratura

    花腔 · Huaqiang

    Li Er · 36 when first published

    Novel · 306 pages · Historical, Politics

    AI-generated summary:A search for the truth about Ge Ren, a revolutionary whose death is a mystery, pieces together his short life, his politics and his loves from witnesses who each tell the story in their own voice.