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The republic of wine / Mo, Yan ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt

By:

Mo, Yan, (, 1955-)

Contributor(s):

Goldblatt, Howard, 1939-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Arcade Publishing , 2012, c1992.Description: v, 355 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781611457292

Other title:

Jiu guo

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Mystery fiction

DDC classification:

FIC MO

LOC classification:

PL2886.O1684 J5813 2000a

Summary: In this hypnotic epic novel, Mo Yan, the most critically acclaimed Chinese writer of this generation, takes us on a journey to a conjured province of contemporary China known as the Republic of Wine, a corrupt and hallucinatory world filled with superstitions, gargantuan appetites, and surrealistic events. When rumors reach the authorities that strange and excessive gourmandise is being practiced in the city of Liquorland (so named for the staggering amount of alcohol produced and consumed there), veteran special investigator Ding Gou'er is dispatched from the capital to discover the truth.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC MO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		064265

"Originally published under the title Jiu guo in 1992 by the Hung-fan Book Company in Taiwan."--T.p. verso.

In this hypnotic epic novel, Mo Yan, the most critically acclaimed Chinese writer of this generation, takes us on a journey to a conjured province of contemporary China known as the Republic of Wine, a corrupt and hallucinatory world filled with superstitions, gargantuan appetites, and surrealistic events. When rumors reach the authorities that strange and excessive gourmandise is being practiced in the city of Liquorland (so named for the staggering amount of alcohol produced and consumed there), veteran special investigator Ding Gou'er is dispatched from the capital to discover the truth.

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