Yan Lianke has secured his place as contemporary China\'s most essential and daring novelist, with his superlative gifts for storytelling and penetrating eye for truth ( New York Times Book Review ).
Set over the course of one increasingly bizarre night, The Day the Sun Died is a propulsive, darkly sinister tale from a world-class writer..
Before long, the community devolves into chaos, and it\'s up to Li Niannian and his parents to save the town before sunrise.
As hundreds of residents are found dreamwalking, they act out the desires they\'ve suppressed during waking hours.
Li Niannian watches, mystified.
Instead of preparing for bed, more and more neighbors appear in the streets and fields, carrying on with their daily business as if the sun hadn\'t already set.
One evening, he notices a strange occurrence.
In a little village nestled in the Balou mountains, fourteen-year-old Li Niannian and his parents run a funeral parlor.
His newest novel, The Day the Sun Died --winner of the Dream of the Red Chamber Award, one of the most prestigious honors for Chinese-language novels--is a haunting story of a town caught in a waking nightmare.
Yan Lianke has secured his place as contemporary China\'s most essential and daring novelist, with his superlative gifts for storytelling and penetrating eye for truth ( New York Times Book Review )
