The Four Books pre SPANISH STUDIES With just a fleeting touch

With just a fleeting touch or brush against the skin

Dedicated personal assistant Lauren Clarke always does as she’s asked

and enjoy wine

eleven-year-old Lily made her dad an important promise before he passed away—that she would “Strive for Five” and speak her mind at least five times

based on a modern treatment popularised by the Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov

The Four Books pre SPANISH STUDIES With just a fleeting touchYan Lianke's most powerful novel yet. Reminiscent of A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and Darkness at Noon, Yan's mythical tale portrays the grotesque persecution during the Great Leap Forward. In the ninety ninth district of a labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician undergo re education, to restore their revolutionary zeal. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in enforcing draconian rules. The Four