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Yan Lianke's *Ode to Elegance*《风雅颂》(2008) is a #satire in the tradition of *Don Quixote,* *The Scholars* 儒林外史 & *The Travels of Lao Can" 老殘遊記.
Prof Yang Ke's obsession w/ his scholarship & w/ fallen women mocks #academia, officialdom & more.
Awaits Eng translation.