Criminal Lu Yanshi

Criminal Lu Yanshi relates the life and times of a Chinese intellectual in the 20^th Century. Lu Yanshi, a prodigy from a wealthy Shanghai family, earns a Ph.D. in the United States and sows his wild oats there but cannot escape his stifling social milieu, his overbearing stepmother and his forced marriage to her niece. As war and revolution engulf China, Lu Yanshi speaks out for intellectual integrity and freedom of thought - and pays the price for it in prison and labor camp.While incarcerated, he looks back on his life and realizes that his spurned wife was the true love of his life, and he longs to return to her.

This novel is based on the life experiences of the author's paternal grandfather and maternal step-grandfather. It served as the inspiration for two films by famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou: Coming Home and One Second.

This novel sold over a million copies in its original Chinese edition plus Japanese and Korean translations. The renowned artist Ai Weiwei designed the front cover for this English-language edition.

Author: Geling Yan
Publisher: New Song Media Gmbh
Published: 10/15/2025
Pages: 536
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9783910769120

About the Author
Ai, Weiwei: - Ai Weiwei is renowned for making strong aesthetic statements that resonate with timely phenomena across today's geopolitical world. From architecture to installations, social media to documentaries, Ai uses a wide range of mediums as expressions of new ways for his audiences to examine society and its values. Recent exhibitions include: Ai Weiwei: Resetting Memories at MARCO in Monterrey, Ai Weiwei: Bare Life at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum in St. Louis, Ai Weiwei at the K20/K21 in Dusseldorf, and Good Fences Make Good Neighbors with the Public Art Fund in New York City.Ai was born in Beijing in 1957 and currently resides and works in Berlin. Ai is the recipient of the 2015 Ambassador of Conscience Award from Amnesty International and the 2012 Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent from the Human Rights Foundation.Yan, Geling: - Geling Yan (嚴歌苓) is one of the most acclaimed novelists and screenwriters in the Chinese language and a well-established writer in English. Born in Shanghai, she served with the People's Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution, starting at age twelve as a dancer in an entertainment troupe. She published her first novel in 1986 and has been writing constantly ever since. Her work has been translated into 21 languages. Many of Ms. Yan's works have been adapted for film and television, directed or produced by famous directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Ang Lee, Li Shaohong and Joan Chen. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, France's Société des Gens de Lettres, and the Writers' Guild of America (west). She has published over 40 books and has won over 30 literary and film awards. She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Columbia College, Chicago. She lives in Berlin and San Francisco. Ms. Yan's work has been banned in China since March 2020. Her website is www.yangeling.com.Walker, Lawrence A.: - Lawrence A. Walker is the translator of Geling Yan's White Snake and Other Stories and editor of her English-language work, notably The Banquet Bug (aka The Uninvited). A native of California, he holds a degree in Languages and Linguistics from Georgetown University, an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois and a Master's in Administration and Management from the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. He has previously served at diplomatic postings in Shenyang and Taipei, Germany, Mexico and Nigeria as well as at the State Department. In the private sector, he has worked in international trade promotion, venture capital and business development in the San Francisco Bay Area. He lives in Berlin.

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