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This novel tells the story of Sanjay, a poor farmer in China. In order to hold the funeral of his mother and his own wedding, he borrowed 30 yuan from the local landlord Vasin. Within five years, although he worked hard for Vasin, his wages and annual output of his own land were far enough to pay off the debt because of high loan interest rate. Sanjay's family even failed to satisfy their basic need. The cruel real life made the young man gradually give up himself-stealing, gambling, and finally becoming a jerk that villagers hated in the old society. Since Sanjay did something disgraceful, Vasin united with other villagers to bury him alive. Therefore, Sanjay fled outside. After liberation over seven years later, he came back home to move his family. Although the story is short, it talks about inequality in that era and the poor people's…

Shuli Zhao, trans Moon - Sanjay

SANJAY

SHULI ZHAO

Published by Moontrans, 2023.

This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

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ISBN: 978-3-75468748-2

SANJAY

First edition. January 31, 2023.

Written by SHULI ZHAO.

Translated by NAOMI HAN.

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Introduction

Sanjay was notorious in the village for his bad habits. The first one was pilfering. When he visited a fellow villager, the house owner would stare at Sanjay until he left. When he passed farmland, people who were ploughing the land should look after their clothes and tobacco pipe in case of being stolen. Anyone in the village who lost domestic animals or something would firstly visit Sanjay’s home and check whether Sanjay was at home or not. However, Sanjay was an important figure when someone died–preparing graveclothes, carrying the coffin and digging the grave couldn’t be done without him.

Sanjay was also proficient in cultivating lands, and he could do the work of two. Even so, no one would like to hire him because Sanjay would gamble even if he only had twenty cents. People whose terrace edge subsided were willing to pay double to Sanjay since the weir that he mended was solid. However, employers must supervise him in case of los- ing something. Later, Sanjay served as a bugler[1] for which his elder fam- ily member Vasin wanted to bury him alive[2], so he ran away and didn’t come back until the National Revolutionary Army liberated the village after the end of World War II[3]. Seeing Sanjay’s poor situation, the vil- lage cadre wanted to help him but was told that Sanjay was a bad guy. After most righteous people who were misunderstood as undesirable el- ements were redressed, the story of Sanjay was known by village cadres.

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