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The Noodle Maker - by Ma Jian (Paperback)

The Noodle Maker - by  Ma Jian (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>From Mi Jian, the highly acclaimed Chinese dissident, comes a satirical novel about the absurdities of life in a post-Tiananmen China. <p/>Two men meet for dinner each week. Over the course of one of these drunken evenings, the writer recounts the stories he would write, had he the courage: a young man buys an old kiln and opens a private crematorium, delighting in his ability to harass the corpses of police officers and Party secretaries, while swooning to banned Western music; a heartbroken actress performs a public suicide by stepping into the jaws of a wild tiger, watched nonchalantly by her ex-lover. Extraordinary characters inspire him, their lives pulled and pummeled by fate and politics, as if they are balls of dough in the hands of an all-powerful noodle maker. <p/>Ma Jian's satirical masterpiece allows us a humorous, yet profound, glimpse of those struggling to survive under a system that dictates their every move.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"One of the most important and courageous voices in Chinese literature." --<i>Gao Xingjian, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature</i> <p/>"A superb comedian . . . this antic nihilist is hard to beat." --<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>"Milan Kundera with a laugh track . . . One writer especially unafraid to flip off the Old Guard [and] still too punk to be found on Chinese bookshelves, even today." --<i>Nerve.com</i> <p/>"<i>Brave New World</i> territory, where national euphemisms attempt to obscure the nation's true horrors . . . Richly drawn characters . . . <i>The Noodle Maker</i> is a remarkable achievement." --<i>Time Out New York</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Ma Jian</b> is the author of <i>Red Dust, </i> which won the Thomas Cook Prize in the UK. His most recent novel is <i>Stick Out Your Tongue</i> (FSG). He now lives in England.

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