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Books by 南荒有鱼
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The Northeast Paper Effigy Craftsman 东北纸活匠
Northeastern paper effigy craftsmen practice the most obscure and dangerous of the region’s yin-yang trades, walking the boundary between life and death for generations. Ordinary paper effigies are used for funeral rites, blessings, and guiding the dead, and can suppress evil spirits and soothe restless souls. Forbidden paper effigies can borrow lifespans, bind souls, exchange lives, and conceal malign forces. The trade’s thousand-year-old ancestral rules are: never paint eyes on paper figures,
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Thirty Years in Hedong 河东三十年
This is the story of Ma Wanshan, a nobody who goes from petty thug to real estate magnate by resorting to criminal methods. But fortunes change. From 1993 to 2023, after thirty years of underworld dealings, he ultimately ends up behind bars.
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