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POW! Author: Mo Yan

ISBN: 9780857422217 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 392 Published: 16 November 2014 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 25.0 x 15.0 x 1.5 Description:

In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Mo Yan, a benign old monk listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence, and carnivorous excess while a nice little family dramain which nearly everyone diesunfurls. But in this tale of sharp hatchets, bad water, and a rusty WWII mortar, we can't help but laugh. Reminiscent of the novels of dark masters of European absurdism like Gunter Grass, Witold Gombrowicz, or Jakov Lind, Mo Yan'sPOW! is a comic masterpiece.

In this bizarre romp through the Chinese countryside, the author treats us to a cornucopia of cooked animal fleshostrich, camel, donkey, dog, as well as the more common varieties. As his dual narratives merge and feather into one another, each informing and illuminating the other, Mo Yan probes the character and lifestyle of modern China. Displaying his many talents, as fabulist, storyteller, scatologist, master of allusion and cliche, and more,POW! carries the reader along quickly, hungrily, and giddily, up until its surprising denouement.

Mo Yan has been called one of the great novelists of modern Chinese literature andt...

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