Pow!
By: Mo Yan ;  translated by Howard Goldblatt
Contributors: Goldblatt, Howard, 1939-
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780857420763
Subjects: Chinese fiction; Translations into English; Farmers; Fiction
Work titles: Si shi yi pao
Description: "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. But through this tale of sharp hatchets, bad water and a rusty Second World War-mortar, we can't help but laugh. Reminiscent of the dark masters of European absurdism like Günter Grass, Witold Gombrowicz or Jakov Lind, Mo Yan's Pow! is a comic masterpiece." -- inside cover
Notes: Translated from the Chinese.