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| Author | Mo Yan |
|---|---|
| Original title | 四十一炮 |
| Translator | Howard Goldblatt |
| Language | Chinese |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | (Eng. trans.) Seagull Books |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Publication place | China |
Published in English | 15 December 2012 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback |
| Pages | 386 pp (Eng. trans. edition) |
| ISBN | 0857420763 (Eng. trans. edition) |
| Preceded by | Frog |
Pow! (Chinese:四十一炮;pinyin:sìshíyī pào) is a 2003 novel by the Chinese author andNobel laureateMo Yan. The novel's protagonist is Luo Xiaotong, a village boy with a passion for story-telling. It is set in a temple, where Luo recounts the story of his life to an old monk.[1] He describes the difficult circumstances of his childhood in the "Slaughterhouse Village," a fictional town in which the population is obsessed with the consumption of meat and where corruption is rife.[2]
The novel has been interpreted as an allegorical commentary on the state of contemporary Chinese society, though Mo himself maintains that he is merely a storyteller, uninterested in ideology.[3]
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