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Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh is a 2001 collection of novellas by Nobel prize -winning author Mo Yan. [1] [2] [3] [4] References. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Shifu, You'll Do Anything For a Laugh by Mo Yan, trans. from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt. Arcade, $23.95 (189p) ISBN 978-1-55970-565-3".
Nov 6, 2012 · Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh by Mo Yan and translated by Howard Goldblatt is a collection of eight short stories based loosely on the author's life experiences in China during the 60s up to the 80s.
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Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh by Mo Yan | Goodreads. Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Kindle $10.99. Rate this book. Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh. Mo Yan, Howard Goldblatt (Translator) 3.58. 1,295 ratings160 reviews.
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Aug 1, 2001 · amazon bookshop. A mixed-bag collection of frequently abrasive, imaginative stories written in the 1980s and ’90s by the highly visible Chinese author ( Red Sorghum, 1993; The Republic of Wine, 2000). “Mo Yan” is a nom de plume that translates literally as “Don’t Speak”—a curious fact revealed in its bearer’s somewhat smug ...
Oct 12, 2012 · In his brilliantly realistic and darkly funny short story “Shifu, You’ll Do Anything for a Laugh,” Mo Yan, the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, portrays a model...
Jan 5, 2012 · Books. Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh: A Novel. Mo Yan. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., Jan 5, 2012 - Fiction - 224 pages. Mo Yan, China’s most critically acclaimed author, has...
Aug 24, 2001 · The Shifu’s factory closes altogether shortly after he is laid off, and he wanders around sort of lost for several months afterward. Finally, he gets the idea of fixing up an abandoned shell of a bus he has discovered in a cemetery which seems to be a popular place for love trysts, and charging rent to couples in return for keeping the place ...
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