Sex and irreverence during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution | "Serve the People!" Review (Sinobabble Book club)

About this episode

The episode discusses the book 'Serve the People!' by Yan Lianke, focusing on its themes during the Cultural Revolution in China.

This is a recording of the livestream of our monthly book club. In this livestream we discuss the book Serve the People! by Yan Lianke, a banned book set during the Cultural Revolution in China. If you would like to find out more about the book club and which books we’re reading, please click here. Buy me a coffee Links to everything Support the show Sign up for Buzzsprout to launch your podcasting journey: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=162442 Subscribe to the Sinobabble Newslette...

Topics covered

• Cultural Revolution
• literature
• book club
• China

Keywords

• Yan Lianke
• Serve the People!
• banned book
• livestream

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Products: Serve the People!

Books & works: Serve the People!

Places: China

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