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Heart Sutra by Yan Lianke
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‘Picaresque, but with serious matters of faith, love, and political wrangling at its fast-beating heart.’
Kirkus Reviews
‘Intriguing satire…[Yan Lianke’s] barbs against organised religion frequently hit their targets…[T]here is plenty to admire.’
Booklist
‘Heart Sutra is a warm-hearted, if not gentle, satire that skewers religious institutions without mocking faith itself...by its end, it has moved through absurdity, darkness, and body horror into a strange and flickering form of hope...a deeply satisfying read...Yan's storytelling has a luminous, irrepressible quality...in its darkness, it shines.’
NPR
‘Extremely intriguing…Glimpses of early Salman Rushdie.’
RNZ Nine to Noon
‘In the realm of Olga Tokarczuk…There are a lot of things that I really love about this book.’
95bFM Loose Reads
‘Picaresque, but with serious matters of faith, love, and political wrangling at its fast-beating heart.’
Kirkus Reviews
‘Intriguing satire…[Yan Lianke’s] barbs against organised religion frequently hit their targets…[T]here is plenty to admire.’
Booklist
‘Heart Sutra is a warm-hearted, if not gentle, satire that skewers religious institutions without mocking faith itself...by its end, it has moved through absurdity, darkness, and body horror into a strange and flickering form of hope...a deeply satisfying read...Yan's storytelling has a luminous, irrepressible quality...in its darkness, it shines.’
NPR
‘Extremely intriguing…Glimpses of early Salman Rushdie.’
RNZ Nine to Noon
‘In the realm of Olga Tokarczuk…There are a lot of things that I really love about this book.’
95bFM Loose Reads