The republic of wine : a novel / Mo Yan ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mo, Yan, 1955-

Contributor:

Goldblatt, Howard, 1939-

Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Chiu kuo. English.

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

355 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First North American edition.

Other Title:

Jiu guo.

Place of Publication:

New York : Arcade Publishing, [2000]

Summary:

When Chinese special investigator Ding Gou'er hears persistent rumors that there is cannibalism in the province known as the Republic of Wine, he is dispatched by his superiors to learn the truth. His mission begins at the Mount Lou Coal Mine, where he encounters Diamond Jin, legendary for his extraordinary capacity to hold his liquor and, Ding Gou'er strongly suspects, fondness for young human flesh. A banquet is served in his honor, during which the special investigator, by meal's end in an alcohol-induced stupor, loses all sense of reality. Interspersed through Ding's narrative -- and faltering investigation -- are stories sent to him by Li Yidou (aka Doctor of Liquor Studies), each one more mad and demonic than the next. Wild, bawdy, politically explosive, The Republic of Wine is both mesmerizing and exhilarating, proving that no repressive regime can stifle true creative imagination.

Notes:

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

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1559705310

OCLC:

43688426