{"product_id":"pow-by-mo-yan-author-howard-goldblatt-translator","title":"POW! by Mo Yan (Author), Howard Goldblatt (Translator)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeagull, 2014. Softcover. Minor edge wear. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Mo Yan, 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 in this tale of sharp hatchets, bad water, and a rusty WWII mortar, we can’t help but laugh. Reminiscent of the novels of dark masters of European absurdism like Günter Grass, Witold Gombrowicz, or Jakov Lind, Mo Yan’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePOW!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a comic masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this bizarre romp through the Chinese countryside, the author treats us to a cornucopia of cooked animal flesh―ostrich, camel, donkey, dog, as well as the more common varieties. As his dual narratives merge and feather into one another, each informing and illuminating the other, Mo Yan probes the character and lifestyle of modern China. Displaying his many talents, as fabulist, storyteller, scatologist, master of allusion and cliché, and more, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePOW!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e carries the reader along quickly, hungrily, and giddily, up until its surprising dénouement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMo Yan has been called one of the great novelists of modern Chinese literature and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas hailed his work as harsh and gritty, raunchy and funny. He writes big, sometimes mystifying, sometimes infuriating, but always entertaining novels―and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePOW!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is no exception.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585260105894,"sku":null,"price":10.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/pow.webp?v=1780694464","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/pow-by-mo-yan-author-howard-goldblatt-translator","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}