The Noodle Maker

From Mi Jian, the highly acclaimed Chinese dissident, comes a satirical novel about the absurdities of life...
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Author: Jian Ma
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Language: English
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The Noodle Maker by Ma, Jian

The Noodle Maker

Dhs. 107.83

The Noodle Maker

Dhs. 107.83
Author: Jian Ma
Format: Paperback
Language: English

From Mi Jian, the highly acclaimed Chinese dissident, comes a satirical novel about the absurdities of life in a post-Tiananmen China.

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.

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.

Author: Jian Ma
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 04/04/2006
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780312424794


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 05/28/2006 pg. 20

About the Author

Ma Jian is the author of Red Dust, which won the Thomas Cook Prize in the UK. His most recent novel is Stick Out Your Tongue (FSG). He now lives in England.


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