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Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh
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ISBN10: 1559706716
ISBN13: 9781559706711
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Published: Jul 1 2003
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.00 Width: 5.10 Depth: 0.63
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781559706711
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Published: Jul 1 2003
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.00 Width: 5.10 Depth: 0.63
Language: English
In these stories, we see the breathtaking range of Mo Yan's vision--which critics have compared to those of Tolstoy and Kafka. The stories range from the tragic to the comic, though Mo Yan's humor is always tinged with a shade of black. They embody, too, the author's deep and abiding love of his fellow man, equaled only by his intense disdain of bureaucracy and repression--despite which his fiction is never didactic. Satire, fantasy, the supernatural, mystery: all are present in this remarkable and intensely enjoyable volume.
- The release of award-winning director Zhang Yimou's major film adaptation of the title story (Happy Times) in summer 2002 heightened the visibility of both the author and this collection.
- This paperback is being published simultaneously with the author's mangum opus, Big Breasts and Wide Hips--a return to the sweep and ambition of his bestelling Red Sorghum--which will receive major critical acclaim and further raise Mo Yan's profile in the States.
- One of the stories in the volume serves as a companion piece to the author's hugely popular Red Sorghum.
- Hardcover ISBN: 1-55970-565-5
- This paperback is being published simultaneously with the author's mangum opus, Big Breasts and Wide Hips--a return to the sweep and ambition of his bestelling Red Sorghum--which will receive major critical acclaim and further raise Mo Yan's profile in the States.
- One of the stories in the volume serves as a companion piece to the author's hugely popular Red Sorghum.
- Hardcover ISBN: 1-55970-565-5
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