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"When Handong, a ruthless and wealthy businessman, is introduced to Lan Yu, a naive, working-class architectural student-the attraction is all consuming. Arrogant and privileged, Handong is unsettled by this desire, while Lan Yu quietly submits. Despite divergent lives, the two men spend their nights together, establishing a deep connection. When loyalties are tested, Handong is left questioning his secrets, his choices, and his very identity. Beijing Comrades is the story of a torrid love affair set against the sociopolitical unrest of late-eighties China. Due to its depiction of gay…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2016Feminist Press at The City University of New York · 312 pages · 9781558619081
- Other · English · 2016The Feminist Press at CUNY · 312 pages · 9781558619074
Gay menFictionFiction, gayChina, fictionGay men, fictionPOLITICAL SCIENCE / CensorshipHISTORY / Asia / ChinaHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century