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Tofu peddler Yang Baishun is a man of few words and few friends. Unable to find meaningful companionship, he settles for a marriage of convenience. When his wife leaves him for another man he is left to care for his five-year-old stepdaughter Qiaoling, who is subsequently kidnapped, never to be seen by Yang again.
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Grave, earnest, contemplative and prestige.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Zhenyun Liu
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 376
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780822371885
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