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The Garlic Ballads
The Garlic Ballads
Author: Mo Yan, Howard Goldblatt (Translator)
The peasants of Paradise County have been living a hardscrabble existence virtually unchanged for hundreds of years, until a 1987 glut on the garlic market forces them to watch the crop that is their lifeblood wilt, rot, and blacken in the fields - leading them to storm the seat of corrupt Communist officialdom in an apocalyptic riot. Against th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670854011
ISBN-10: 0670854018
Publication Date: 5/1/1995
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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Think Shakespearean tragedy; Romeo and Juliet; peasant class, eastern twist on plot. Non linear narrative, bizarre, disgusting details. If you really want to get into it, you might need to read some lit. crit. to explain any symbolism of the garlic, names of people, customs, and culture.


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