Laments From LeShan

By Abdiel LeRoy

China's Oppressions of the Poor
What does Communism mean in a country that drives poor farmers off their land and restaurant owners into bankruptcy? That takes students out of the classroom and sells them into slavery while their teachers pocket the proceeds?
Abdiel LeRoy is witness to all this as he takes on his second teaching assignment in the western province of Sichuan. Nor is he immune to the oppression himself as a university recruiter hatches schemes of entrapment against him.
Yet there is light amid the darkness in this memoir as he makes friends with one of Sichuan's famed artists, enjoys the attentions of a student named Emma, and joins locals for a swim in the fast-flowing Dadu River.
Laments From Leshan is the second of Abdiel's five Dueling the Dragon memoirs and testifies to the deep corruption and incompetence beneath China's superpower façade. As always, he'll have you laughing between the tears!
"An adventure, a memoir, and certainly one of the more entertaining books about China before us today."
San Francisco Review of Books
"These stories from China are addictive!"
"LeRoy's ability to write so cogently about such AWFUL things and simultaneously give readers a chuckle, is magnificent."
"Wields a wicked and eloquent pen."
"Should be awarded an honorary degree in Anthropology."
"Informative and eye opening."
"Reveals the the dark side of the country."
"The author knows the Chinese better than the Chinese."
"Subverts dominant concepts of China."
Reader reviews

• Language: English
• Publisher: Unparagoned
• Release date: Jun 25, 2021

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Laments From LeShan

Laments From LeShan

Book 2 of 'Dueling the Dragon': Five Memoirs About Living and Working in China

Abdiel Le Roy

Unparagoned

Copyright 2005-2017 Abdiel LeRoy

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Cover illustration by Ignacio Pessolano

To Brother Herman,

who has stood by me in my trials.

Contents

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Books in Dueling the Dragon Series

What Others Are Saying About Dueling the Dragon

Laments From LeShan

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chidings From Changping (Sample)

Chapter 1

From the Author

Books by A. LeRoy

Notes

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Hear a sample from the author’s audiobook narration, and find purchase links, at geni.us/China.

Books in Dueling the Dragon Series

1

DISPATCHES FROM CHENGDU

Geni.us/Chengdu

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2

LAMENTS FROM LESHAN

Geni.us/Leshan

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3

CHIDINGS FROM CHANGPING

Geni.us/Changping

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4

BRIEFINGS FROM BEIJING

Geni.us/Beijing

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5

PERSPECTIVES FROM PEKING

Geni.us/Peking

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DUELING THE DRAGON COLLECTION

Dispatches From Chengdu

Laments From Leshan

Chidings From Changping

Briefings From Beijing

Perspectives From Peking

Geni.us/China

What Others Are Saying About Dueling the Dragon

LeRoy's ability to write so cogently about such AWFUL things and simultaneously give readers a chuckle, is magnificent.

Peter Allemano

Wields a wicked and eloquent pen. I grow more horrified with each commentary. I will never, ever attempt to get a job in China. Period. This enlightened me to no end.

Steve Seiff

These stories from China are addictive.

Dixon Chen

Should be awarded an honorary degree in Anthropology.