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Li Peifu

李佩甫

Born 1953 · China

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    Mao Dun 2015 · Winner

    生命册

    Shengming ce

    Title translated by AI:“The Book of Life”

    Li Peifu · 59 when first published

    Novel · Migration, Family

    AI-generated summary:An orphan raised by a whole village on the Central Plain wins a place at university and a teaching post in the provincial capital, but notes from home asking for favours keep reaching him, and he cannot escape the place that made him.