{"product_id":"9780802193940","title":"Lenin's Kisses","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis “blistering satire” of modern China was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editor’s Choice novel (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLenin’s Kisses \u003c\/i\u003eis set in modern day China, in the village of Liven. Nestled within the Balou Mountains, the people have enough food and leisure to be content—until their crops and livelihood are obliterated by a snowstorm in the middle of summer. Then a county official arrives with a peculiar plan. He wants to use the villagers to start a traveling performance troupe. Next, he’ll take the profits and buy Lenin’s embalmed corpse from Russia and install it in a mausoleum to attract tourism. But the success of the Shuanghuai County Special-Skills Performance Troupe comes at a serious price.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Named a finalist for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize, \u003ci\u003eLenin’s Kisses \u003c\/i\u003eis “a satirical masterpiece” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e) that was on Best Book of 2012 lists from the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, MacLeans\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, and was also a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors’ Choice.","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128055054576,"sku":"9780802193940","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802193940_p0.jpg?v=1763668574","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802193940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}