Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh
Mo Yan
Translated by Howard Goldblatt Foreword by Mo Yan
A superb collection of eight darkly humorous, surreal stories from Mo Yan, author of Red Sorghum and the most critically acclaimed Chinese writer of his generation
"If I were to choose a Nobel laureate, it would be Mo Yan" - Kenzaburo Oe, 1994 Nobel Laureate for Literature
SHIFU, YOU'LL DO ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH is a collection of eight hard-hitting yet compelling short stories written over the past twenty years: surrealistic political fables, ghost stories, tales of failed and perverse love, and stories about the destructive effects of superstition and ignorance. Ranging from the tragic to the comic, these tales embody the author's genuine affinity for the ordinary man, and his corresponding hatred of bureaucracy.
"Mo Yan deserves a place in world literature....His voice will find its way into the heart of the reader, just as Kundera and Garcia Marquez have" - Amy Tan
"Mo Yan's visual imagination is overwhelming, Goldblatt's translation acrobatic" - Julia Bell, Financial Times
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About Mo Yan Mo Yan was born to a peasant family in Shandong, China in 1955. In 1976 he joined the army and it was here that he was educated, first as a librarian, and later at the Army Arts and Literature College. He is still a staff officer in the People's Liberation Army. Despite the audacity of his writing, he has won virtually every national literary prize. His other translated works include Red Sorghum, The Garlic Ballads and The Republic of Wine.
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