(AMAZON)

Publisher: Arcade Publishing; Reprint edition (July 1, 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1611454271

ISBN-13: 978-1611454277

Book description: Mo Yan offers a tour de force in which the real, the absurd, the comical, and the tragic are blended into a fascinating read. The hero—or antihero—of Mo Yan's new novel is Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his benevolence to his peasants. His story is a deliriously unique journey and absolutely riveting tale that reveals the author's love of a homeland beset by ills inevitable, political, and traditional.

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