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Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused: Fiction from Today's China
Howard Goldblatt
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Description for Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused: Fiction from Today's China
paperback. Editor(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused is a showcase for 20 writers from the new literary generation in China. Hard-core realism, experimental prose, and black humor; exoticism and eroticism;shocking tales of brutality, tender evocations of love, and engrossing mysteries all coexist in an anthology that spans nearly a decade, ten years that have witnessed a dizzying array of societal and political changes. Almost all of the stories appear in English translation for the first time. Includes Shi Tiesheng, "First Person"; Hong Ying, "The Field"; Su Tong, "The Brothers Shu"; Wang Meng, "A String of Choices"; Li Rui, "Sham Marriage"; Duo ... Read more
Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused is a showcase for 20 writers from the new literary generation in China. Hard-core realism, experimental prose, and black humor; exoticism and eroticism;shocking tales of brutality, tender evocations of love, and engrossing mysteries all coexist in an anthology that spans nearly a decade, ten years that have witnessed a dizzying array of societal and political changes. Almost all of the stories appear in English translation for the first time. Includes Shi Tiesheng, "First Person"; Hong Ying, "The Field"; Su Tong, "The Brothers Shu"; Wang Meng, "A String of Choices"; Li Rui, "Sham Marriage"; Duo ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Grove Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780802134493
SKU
V9780802134493
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