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ISBN 10: 1901982947 ISBN 13: 9781901982947

Casa editrice: Oldcastle, 2000

Now Wang Shuo, easily Chinas coolest and most popular novelist, applies his genius for satire and cultural irreverence to one of the worlds sacred rituals, the Olympic Games. In Please Dont Call Me Human, he imagines an Olympics where nations compete not on the basis of athletic prowess, but on their citizens capacity for humiliationand China is determined to win at any cost. Banned in China for its rudeness and vulgarity, this astonishing, tripped-out novel is filled with outlandish antics that have earned Wang Shuo his own genre, hooligan literature.

From the Publisher:

Cheng & Tsui is proud to present the paperback edition of this work by contemporary Chinese fiction writer Wang Shuo--the author the New York Times Book Review called "China's Kerouac." Widely celebrated for revealing the "dark corners of new China" (Newsweek), he now applies his genius for cultural irreverence to one of the world's sacred rituals: the Olympic Games. In Please Don't Call Me Human, he imagines an Olympics where nations compete not on the basis of athletic prowess, but on their citizens' capacity for humiliation--and China is determined to win at any cost. The plot unfolds into an alternately bizarre and hilarious satire of nationalism, the Olympics, and the cult of celebrity. Banned in China for its "rudeness" and "vulgarity," this mercilessly brutal satire is filled with the kind of word play and outlandish antics that have earned Wang Shuo his own "genre by itself--call it China noir" (Stephen King).

About the Author:

Wang Shuo is widely celebrated for revealing the "dark corners of new China" (Newsweek). He is the author of more than twenty novels (all now banned in China), and has also written television scripts, screenplays, and songs. He lives in Beijing. Howard Goldblatt is an award-winning translator of Chinese authors, including Mo Yan, Su Tong, Liu Heng, as well as of Wang Shuo's previous novel. He currently teaches at the University of Colorado, Boulder.