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"Returning to his village invigorated by success in the army, Gao Aijun sees the beautiful Xia Hongmei walking barefoot alongside the railway track in the warm afternoon sun, and is instantly smitten. Hiding their relationship from their spouses, the pair hurl themselves into the struggle to bring revolution to their backwater village. They wait to consummate their relationship until Aijun has managed to dig a literal tunnel of love between their homes, where underneath the village their revolutionary and sexual fervor reaches a boiling point. While the unsuspecting villagers sleep, they sing…
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6 editions- Hardcover · English · 2021Grove Press · 384 pages · 9780802158123
- Other · English · 2022Penguin Random House · 9781529110937
- Other · English · 2022Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802158130
- Other · English · 2021Penguin Random House · 9781473566088
- Other · English · 2021Penguin Random House · 9781784742904
- Other · English · 2021Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802158147
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