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Si shi yi pao

四十一炮

Si shi yi pao

Book 2012

[In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature], 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 ... 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.