The Garlic Ballads
A Novel
by Mo Yan
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appears in About China and Fiction.
Three special relationships are set against the backdrop of a glut on the 1987 Chinese garlic market, which causes the crumbling of many Paradise County livelihoods and a rebellion against corrupt Communist officials. By the author of Red Sorghum. 12,500 first printing....
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appears in About China and Fiction.
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