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Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh Paperback - 2003

by Mo Yan; Howard Goldbaltt (Translator)


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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

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  • Title Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh
  • Author Mo Yan; Howard Goldbaltt (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Arcade Publishing
  • Date July 16, 2003
  • ISBN 9781559706711 / 1559706716
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.98 x 5.1 x 0.63 in (20.27 x 12.95 x 1.60 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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