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Ma Bole's Second Life

ISBN-13: 9781940953809

Contributor(s): Xiao Hong (author), Howard Goldblatt (translated by)

Subject: Fiction In Translation

Publisher Imprint: Open Letter

Publication Date: 19-07-2018

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£15.99

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About the book

A Confederacy of Dunces-esque family story written by one of China's most beloved women writers. Ma Bole follows the eponymous cowardly layabout as he escapes his unhappy family life by going on the run to avoid the coming Japanese invasion. A humorous-yet-stark depiction of despair in the face of war and Westernisation, Xiao's novel (completed by the translator) mirrors the identity struggles of early-twentieth century China in the form of an unforgettable comic anti-hero.