The garlic ballads

Author(s)

• 莫, 言 バク, ゲン mo, yan

Bibliographic Information

The garlic ballads

Mo Yan ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt

（Penguin fiction）

Penguin Books, 1996

Note

"First published in the USA by Viking, 1995"--T.p verso

Translated from the Chinese

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The government encouraged the farmers to plant garlic. But a glut on the garlic market leaves the farmers of Paradise County watching their crops rot and blacken in the fields. A blind minstrel incites the masses to take the law into their own hands, with savage and unforgettable consequences.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA27658443
• ISBN:
  • 0140256091
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: chi
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 290 p.
• Size: 18 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 895.1352
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chinese fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : English fiction -- 20th century -- Translated from Chinese
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA2550615X