Goldblatt Howard
Author
Publisher
Arcade
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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"Eight hard-hitting yet irresistible short stories" by the celebrated Chinese writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (Booklist).
"If China has a Kafka, it may be Mo Yan," says Publishers Weekly. In this collection of short fiction, the acclaimed author presents stories of characters who suffer, physically and spiritually, under the yoke of an oppressive society—the newly unemployed factory worker...
"If China has a Kafka, it may be Mo Yan," says Publishers Weekly. In this collection of short fiction, the acclaimed author presents stories of characters who suffer, physically and spiritually, under the yoke of an oppressive society—the newly unemployed factory worker...
Author
Publisher
Arcade
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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In this hypnotic epic novel, Mo Yan, the most critically acclaimed Chinese writer of this generation, takes us on a journey to a conjured province of contemporary China known as the Republic of Wine—a corrupt and hallucinatory world filled with superstitions, gargantuan appetites, and surrealistic events. When rumors reach the authorities that strange and excessive gourmandise is being practiced in the city of Liquorland (so named for the staggering...
Author
Publisher
Arcade
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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This stunning work of historical fiction illustrates the harsh realities of modern China by the nation's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The farmers of Paradise County have been leading a hardscrabble life unchanged for generations. The Communist government has encouraged them to plant garlic, but selling the crop is not as simple as they believed. Warehouses fill up, taxes skyrocket, and government officials
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the peaceable, river-side village of Milltown, Secretary Ku has fallen into disgrace. It has been officially proven that he is not the son of a revolutionary martyr, but the issue of a river pirate and a prostitute. Mocked by his neighbors, Ku leaves the shore for a new life among the boat people. Refusing to renounce his high status, he--along with his teenage son--keeps his distance from the gossipy lowlifes who surround him. Then one day a feral...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A darkly humorous novel of contemporary China. Liu Yuejin, a work site cook and small-time thief, searches for his stolen bag but finds another that contains a flash disk chronicling high-level corruption, which sets off a convoluted chase"--
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tune Steinway piano. A journey of self-discovery across time and continents, from a dark apartment in Taipei's red-light district to snow-clad New York. At the heart of the story is the nameless narrator, the piano tuner. In his forties, he is balding and ugly, a loser by any standard. But he was once a musical prodigy. What betrayal and what heartbreak...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne Book
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A business tycoon in China is found dead; he apparently suffered a heart attack while swimming. His body is washed onto a beach in a popular resort known as the Hawaii of the East. But soon it becomes clear that he was murdered. Three immediate beneficiaries of his death become the suspects: the vice president of the company, Zhou, who is in line to take over his position; his young widow, Zhu, who stands to inherit a huge amount of wealth; and his...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Fantastic Creatures of the Mountains and Seas is a new translation for contemporary readers of a classic Chinese text that is at once the geography of an ancient world, a bestiary of mythical creatures, and a book of cultural and medicinal lore. Illustrated throughout with more than 180 two-color drawings, it is a work for lovers of fantasy and mythology, ancient knowledge, fabulous beasts, and inspired art. The beings catalogued within these pages...
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