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Sandalwood Death

novel by Mo Yan

Also known as: “Tanxiang xing”

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In Mo Yan
…the novels Tanxiang xing (2001; Sandalwood Death), Shengsi pilao (2006; Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out), and Wa (2009; Frog). Wan shu de ren (2020; A Late Bloomer) contains 12 novellas.
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