{"product_id":"shifu-youll-do-anything-for-a-laugh","title":"Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eShifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMo Yan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781559706711\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eArcade Publishing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e2\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIn these stories, we see the breathtaking range of Mo Yan's vision--which critics have compared to those of Tolstoy and Kafka. The stories range from the tragic to the comic, though Mo Yan's humor is always tinged with a shade of black. They embody, too, the author's deep and abiding love of his fellow man, equaled only by his intense disdain of bureaucracy and repression--despite which his fiction is never didactic. Satire, fantasy, the supernatural, mystery: all are present in this remarkable and intensely enjoyable volume.\u003cbr\u003e- The release of award-winning director Zhang Yimou's major film adaptation of the title story (Happy Times) in summer 2002 heightened the visibility of both the author and this collection.\u003cbr\u003e- This paperback is being published simultaneously with the author's mangum opus, Big Breasts and Wide Hips--a return to the sweep and ambition of his bestelling Red Sorghum--which will receive major critical acclaim and further raise Mo Yan's profile in the States.\u003cbr\u003e- One of the stories in the volume serves as a companion piece to the author's hugely popular Red Sorghum.\u003cbr\u003e- Hardcover ISBN: 1-55970-565-5\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh | Mo Yan | Quality | 9781559706711 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1393521","offer_id":48753910841496,"sku":"1393521","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51DTBQYK2DL.jpg?v=1774067465","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/shifu-youll-do-anything-for-a-laugh","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}