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Pow! Mo Yan ; translated by Howard Goldblatt

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London New York Seagull Books 2012Description: 386 p. 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780857420763
Uniform titles:
  • Si shi yi pao. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 895.1352 G6185 M
Online resources: Summary: [In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature], "a benign old monk listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama--in which nearly everyone dies--unfurls ... 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."--Dust jacket.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Reading(WCL) ISI Library, Kolkata Workers' Circulating Library 895.1352 G6185 M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available W39182
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Translated from the Chinese.

[In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature], "a benign old monk listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama--in which nearly everyone dies--unfurls ... 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."--Dust jacket.

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