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Jiu guoJiu guo

Jiu guo1992

Howard Goldblatt, Mo Yan

4.0on Hardcover

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When special investigator Ding Gou'er hears persistent rumors that there is cannibalism in the province called the Republic of Wine, he goes to learn the truth. Beginning at the Mount Luo Coal Mine, he meets Diamond Jin, legendary for his capacity to hold his liquor and fondness for young human flesh. A banquet is served during which the special investigator, by meal's end in an alcohol-induced stupor, loses all sense of reality. Interspersed are stories sent to Mo Yan himself by Li Yidou (aka Doctor of Liquor Studies), each one more mad than the next. Wild and politically explosive, The Republic of Wine proves that no regime can stifle creative imagination.

Details

First published
1992
OL Work ID
OL3507680W

Subjects

Drinking in literatureTranslations into EnglishFiction, mystery & detective, generalChina, fictionPolitics and governmentPrivate investigatorsFood habitsFictionCannibalismLiquorsDetectivesChinese fictionHistory and criticismCorruptionChinaZhang pian xiao shuoPrivate investigators, fictionNobel Prize winners

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