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The Republic of Wine
A Novel
by Howard Goldblatt ; Mo Yan ; Yan Mo
ISBN: 1559705310
ISBN-13: 9781559705318
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Cannibalism is rumored to be rampant in a province of China known as the Republic of Wine. Inspector Ding Gou'er investigates and becomes an unwitting participant in what may be a fantastic cannibal banquet. Mo Yan's unusual novel is a blend of surrealism, poetry, and detective fiction.
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"A treasure trove of polymorphous perversity and go-for-broke story telling...with Swiftian vigor and contempt."
-- Kirkus
"Like the gut-burning, groin-tightening, 120-proof liquor that courses through it, Mo Yan's THE REPUBLIC OF WINE is not for weak stomachs or readers with a low tolerance for caustic literature. Mr. Mo has distilled the grotesqueries of the human character-further twisted by the political vagaries of Chinese communism and distorted by the commercialism and moral ambiguity of post-Tiananmen China-and served it up as pure literary poison. No one is spared by this smart, black satire, not even the author himself....In a farcical take on how the party (and corporate China) subverts the stuff of legend to its own ends, it's deliberately hard to distinguish cultural mythology from political propaganda. Mr. Mo gives a middle finger to Beijing's censors and winks at a younger generation of literary bad boys. He also pays homage to a critically acclaimed but commercially failed school of avant-garde writers who take a clinical view of macabre tragedies." -- Yu Wong
-- Wall Street Journal
"However surrealistic its fantasies may be, THE REPUBLIC OF WINE is brutally and uncompromisingly realistic....But [it] is by no means simply a political satire. It's replete with alcohol-related details and images that bring Liquorland to life...." -- Wu Ningkun
-- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"[T]here's no denying that in his juxtapositions of the horrific and the comic, the lyric and the scatological, Mo is poking fun at China's post-Mao reformist era while letting out a wrenching cri de coeur for the lost soul of his country." -- Philip Gambone
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Published date: 2000
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.55 pounds
Pages: 355
Publisher's Notes
Plagued by persistent reports of cannibalism in a province known as the Republic of Wine, the Chinese government sends a special investigator to substantiate the disturbing rumors.
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The Republic of Wine
Mo Yan
Arcade Publishing, 2000. hardcover. Used - Good. A nice ex-library copy. Gently used. All pages and cover clear except for a few library markings. Mylar over dustjacket. Binding solid and tight. No creases. ( more information) Offered by Once Sold Tales (United States)
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The Republic of Wine
Mo Yan
Arcade Publishing. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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The Republic of Wine
Mo Yan
Arcade Pub, 2000. First Amer. Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. Binding is square. Some shelf wear. Spine ends and corners bumped. DJ is price-clipped, has some edge wear. Detailed information and/or scans available upon request. ( more information) Offered by The Attic Bookstore (United States)
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The Republic of Wine
Howard Goldblatt ; Mo Yan ; Yan Mo
Good. Usually ships same day. Great Bargain ( more information) Offered by UPB Books (United States)
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The Republic of Wine: A Novel
Mo, Yan; Goldblatt, Howard; Yan, Mo; Mo, Yen
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arcade Pub, 2000. 356 pp. Very light wear. DJ: very light rubbing, light very light scratching front.. 1st. Hb. VG/VG. ( more information) Offered by Priceless Books (United States)
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The Republic of Wine
Mo Yan
Arcade Publishing, 2000-04-12. Hardcover. Very Good. COLLECTIBLE! 1st Edition (Stated), 1st Printing (w/full number line) 2000 Arcade Publishing (NY; distributed by Time Warner) HARDBACK; text clean/UNMARKED; color cover (as pictured) very light surface rubbing/mild edge wear w/no tears + several tiny nicks; price unclipped; spine strong while ever-so-slightly cocked; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 356 pages + 8 preliminary pgs; translated from Chinese w/note by Howard Goldblatt; 10 chapters w/41 subsections; author biiography w/photograph; wrap-around color jacket design by Charlotte Strick; "imagery is astounding, sensual + visceral...story is electrifying + epic"--Amy Tan; "If I were to choose a Nobel laureate, it would be Mo Yan"--Kenzaburo Oe; "gives a sharp + sentimental view of peasant life, while demonstrating at full throttle the nastiness, brutality,+ brevity of it all"--Newsday; good plus to very good collectible copy of exciting 7-year-old hardback. ( more information) Offered by HappyHippy7 (United States)
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The Republic of Wine
Yan, Mo; Goldblatt, Howard (translator)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Arcade Publishing, Incorporated, 2000. First blank page marked, last blank page missing, inside pages clean and bright, little shelf wear, possibly read little. First American Edition. Hard Cover NOT XLIBRARY. Like New/Like New. Over 16 Oz. Adult Fiction. ( more information) Offered by FAB BOOKS (United States)
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The Republic of Wine
Mo Yan
Arcade Publishing, 2000-04-12. Hardcover. Good. Signed by author!! Has only slight edge wear from the shelf. ( more information) Offered by Half Price Books, Inc. (United States)
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The Republic of Wine: A Novel
Mo, Yan; Goldblatt, Howard; Yan, Mo; Mo, Yen
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arcade Pub, 2000 In this hypnotic epic novel, Mo Yan, the mostcritically acclaimed Chinese writer of his generation, takes us on a journey to a conjured province of contemporary Chinaknown as the Republic of Wine--a corrupt and hallucinatory world filled with superstitions, gargantuan appetites, and surrealistic events. . Hard Cover. New/New. ( more information) Offered by Eastwind Books of Berkeley (United States)
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The Republic of Wine
Mo, Yan; Goldblatt, Howard, tr
NY: Arcade. 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. ( more information) Offered by The Whodunit Company (United States)
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The Republic of Wine: a Novel
Mo, Yan; Goldblatt, Howard; Yan, Mo; Mo, Yen
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arcade Pub, 2000 Good in Good jacket Very Good in Good jacket Ex-Library FIRST edition, retired library book, may have usual library markings, with dust jacket, text is clean and intact,. 1st. Hard Cover. Good/Good. ( more information) Offered by Midwest Book Company (United States)
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