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Yan Lianke
Day the Sun Died, The
In a small Chinese village, a mysterious phenomenon occurs: everyone who falls asleep dies. The story follows a young man, Li Niannian, who discovers his father is sleepwalking and burying the deceased, leading him to confront the village's dark secrets and the nature of life and death itself. This surreal tale explores the boundaries between reality and dreams, and the collective unconscious of a community facing an inexplicable epidemic.