Hard Like Water

by Yan Lianke

Book Overview

Gao Aijun is a son of the soil of Henan's Balou Mountains, and after a service in the Army, he is on his way back to his ancestral village, feeling like a hero. Close to his arrival, he sees a strikingly attractive woman walking barefoot alongside a railway track in the warm afternoon sun, and he is instantly smitten. She is Xia Hongmei and lives up to her name of "beautiful flower." Hiding their relationship from their spouses, the pair hurl themselves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802158137
• ISBN13: 9780802158130
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.2"