内容简介
Today’smostrevered,feared,andcontroversialChinesenovelistoffersatourdeforceinwhichthereal,theabsurd,thecomical,andthetragicareblendedintoafascinatingread.Thehero—orantihero—ofMoYan’snewnovelisXimenNao,alandownerkn
作者简介
MoYanhaspublisheddozensofshortstoriesandnovelsinChinese.HisotherEnglish-languageworksincludeTheGarlicBallads,TheRepublicofWine,Shifu:You'llDoAnythingforaLaugh,BigBreasts&WideHips,andLifeandDeathAreWearingMeOut.HowardGoldblattisresearchprofessorofChineseattheUniversityofNotreDame.FoundingeditorofModernChineseLiterature,hehascontributedessaysandarticlestotheWashingtonPost,TimesofLondon,TIME,WorldLiteratureToday,andtheLosAngelesTimes,amongotherpublications.HowardGoldblatttaughtmodernChineseliteratureandcultureformorethanaquarterofacentury.HeistheforemosttranslatorofmodernandcontemporaryChineseliteratureintheWestandaformerGuggenheimFellow.