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Banned in China, Sheng Keyi’s ‘Death Fugue’ is a pungent political satire

August 11, 2021

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A decade after it was written a small American publisher is releasing “Death Fugue” in an English translation. Books IFTTT Washington Post

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Banned in China, Sheng Keyi’s ‘Death Fugue’ is a pungent political satire

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