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Dai Sijie's bestselling and much loved first novel, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, was a delightful fable. His second is a Chinese Don Quixote following the peripatetic misadventures of Mr Muo, China's first psychoanalyst.
It's over ten years since Muo has visited his native China. He's been in Paris, exploring his subconscious and devouring the works of Freud and Lacan. But he knew the idyll couldn't last. When Muo hears that his his first great love has been thrown into a Chinese jail for selling a newspaper article to the foreign press, he feels he must rush home and rescue her. He returns to a China where everyone is corruptible, provided you find the right bribe. Sadly, the $10,000 Muo offers Judge Di to free his beloved aren't enough. The judge, tired of cash and cars, orders Muo to bring him a virgin girl to satisfy his sexual predilection for the unsullied. Thus begins a series of hilarious adventures as Muo goes in search of a virgin, setting himself up as an itinerant interpreter of dreams and losing his own virginity in the process.
Witty, surreal, moving, wonderfully picaresque, it is packed full of stories, anecdote, incident and mishap, all resulting in a highly enjoyable satire of one innocent man's attempt to negotiate the mind-boggling maze of modern China.
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'Allusive, intelligent, and very funny; comedy in the service of entertainment.' (Alan Massie Scotsman 2005-06-18)
'memorable [and] often startlingly beautiful' (Stuart Kelly Scotland on Sunday 2005-06-19)
A literary road movie...veers from hilarious to horrific (Daily Mail)
Allusive, intelligent, and very funny; comedy in the service of entertainment (Scotsman)
Some of the best passages are, like this, sensuous and plainly descriptive. There is a fantastic mini-essay on the aphrodisiac qualities of the sea cucumber (Toby Litt Guardian)
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'memorable [and] often startlingly beautiful' (Stuart Kelly Scotland on Sunday 2005-06-19)
A literary road movie...veers from hilarious to horrific (Daily Mail)
Allusive, intelligent, and very funny; comedy in the service of entertainment (Scotsman)
Some of the best passages are, like this, sensuous and plainly descriptive. There is a fantastic mini-essay on the aphrodisiac qualities of the sea cucumber (Toby Litt Guardian)
Wonderful second novel from the author of the best-selling Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. (2004-09-22)
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- EditoreChatto & Windus
- Data di pubblicazione2005
- ISBN 10 070117739X
- ISBN 13 9780701177393
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine272
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Dai Sijie's bestselling and much loved first novel, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, was a delightful fable. His second is a Chinese Don Quixote following the peripatetic misadventures of Mr Muo, China's first psychoanalyst. It's over ten years since Muo has visited his native China. He's been in Paris, exploring his subconscious and devouring the works of Freud and Lacan. But he knew the idyll couldn't last. When Muo hears that his his first great love has been thrown into a Chinese jail for selling a newspaper article to the foreign press, he feels he must rush home and rescue her. He returns to a China where everyone is corruptible, provided you find the right bribe. Sadly, the $10,000 Muo offers Judge Di to free his beloved aren't enough. The judge, tired of cash and cars, orders Muo to bring him a virgin girl to satisfy his sexual predilection for the unsullied. Thus begins a series of hilarious adventures as Muo goes in search of a virgin, setting himself up as an itinerant interpreter of dreams and losing his own virginity in the process. Witty, surreal, moving, wonderfully picaresque, it is packed full of stories, anecdote, incident and mishap, all resulting in a highly enjoyable satire of one innocent man's attempt to negotiate the mind-boggling maze of modern China. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR003928902
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 264 pages. Dai Sijie's bestselling and much loved first novel , Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, was a delightful fabl e. His second is a Chinese Don Quixote following the peripatetic misadventures of Mr Muo, China's first psychoanalyst. It's over t en years since Muo has visited his native China. He's been in Par is, exploring his subconscious and devouring the works of Freud a nd Lacan. But he knew the idyll couldn't last. When Muo hears tha t his his first great love has been thrown into a Chinese jail fo r selling a newspaper article to the foreign press, he feels he m ust rush home and rescue her. He returns to a China where everyon e is corruptible, provided you find the right bribe. judge, tired of cash and cars, orders Muo to bring him a virgin girl to satis fy his sexual predilection for the unsullied. Thus begins a serie s of hilarious adventures as Muo goes in search of a virgin, sett ing himself up as an itinerant interpreter of dreams and losing h is own virginity in the process. Witty, surreal, moving, wonderfu lly picaresque, it is packed full of stories, anecdote, incident and mishap, all resulting in a highly enjoyable satire of one inn ocent man's attempt to negotiate the mind-boggling maze of modern China. Codice articolo 2422h
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