Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh (Hardcover) by Mo Yan, Professor Howard Goldblatt

9781559705653. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 189. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 189 p. Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh is a collection of eight compelling short stories written over the past twenty years: surrealistic political fables, ghost stories, tales of failed and perverse love, and stories about the destructive effects of superstition and ignorance. These stories capture the current concerns of the Chinese: lack of income, famine, and the devastating effects of the one-child policy. One particular get-rich-quick scheme involves an unemployed man who decides to convert an abandoned bus into a venue for private trysts which will enable him to charge lovers by the hour.