Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused: Fiction from Today's China

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused: Fiction from Today's China
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Howard Goldblatt
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:322
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 140
Category/GenreAnthologies
Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780802134493
ClassificationsDewey:FIC
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publication Date 15 February 1996
Publication Country United States

Description

Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused is a showcase for 20 writers from the new literary generation in China. Hard-core realism, experimental prose, and black humor; exoticism and eroticism;shocking tales of brutality, tender evocations of love, and engrossing mysteries all coexist in an anthology that spans nearly a decade, ten years that have witnessed a dizzying array of societal and political changes. Almost all of the stories appear in English translation for the first time. Includes Shi Tiesheng, "First Person"; Hong Ying, "The Field"; Su Tong, "The Brothers Shu"; Wang Meng, "A String of Choices"; Li Rui, "Sham Marriage"; Duo Duo, "The Day I Got to Xi'an"; Chen Ran, "Sunshine Between the Lips"; Li Xiao, "Grass on the Rooftop"; Yu Hua, The Past and the Punishments"; Mo Yan, "The Cure"; Ai Bei, "Green Earth Mother"; Cao Naiqian, "When I Think of You Late at Night, There's Nothing I Can Do"; Can Xue, "The Summons"; Bi Feiyu, "The Ancestor"; Yang Zhengguang, "Moonlight over the Field of Ghosts"; Ge Fei, "Remembering Mr. Wu You"; Chen Cun, "Footsteps on the Roof"; Chi Li, "Willow Waist"; Kong Jiesheng, "The Sleeping Lion"; Wang Xiangfu, "Fritter Hollow Chronicles."