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Chronicles of myth and reality 　　In the past five or six years， drafts of Yan Lianke’s novels have tended to circulate among publishers， before eventually being rejected. The fact that his latest novel Zha Lie Zhi （literally， Chronicles of Explosion and Split） has been published， he feels， is largely down to good luck. 　　Yan， at the age of 55， has been called China’s most controversial writer ? several of his books are banned in the mainland， including Serve the People！， a story about an affair between a soldier and the wife of a general during the Cultural Revolution， and Dream of Ding Vill