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 Shifu, You'LL Do Anything for a Laugh - Mo Yan
Newest Review: ... him to write. It's a really fascinating glimpse into the mind and life of this writer. The stories have a range of different ... more  ... themes, all relevant to contemporary life in China. Love, politics, unemployment, and the effects of the one-child-law all feature. There are some very funny but dark moments. Most of these stories lack happy endings, instead they show how people get in the way of each other's happiness and how trusting hearts are broken when people innocently believe the lies of those in power.
Although I was fascinated by the culture in these stories and found the descriptions of the Chinese landscape very beautiful, and adm...more |
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Shifu, You'LL Do Anything for a Laugh - Mo Yan: Eight stories of contemporary China (377 words)
by - written on 16/03/09 (Very useful, 72 readings)
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This is a short story collection by a writer who has been described as a Chinese Kafka, and whose magical realist style is compared to that of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. There are eight stories of varying length, written over twenty years, and a preface. My favourite part of this book was actually the preface, which was absolutely amazing. Mo Yan talks about why he writes, explaining how hunger and loneliness were his muses, how his life growing up in China prepared him to write. It's a really fascinating glimpse into the mind and life of this writer. The stories have a range of different themes, all relevant to contemporary life in China. Love, ... Read the complete review
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