The Garlic Ballads is loosely based on the true story of a revolt, taking place in 1987, against the Chinese. Frogs Big Breast and Wide Hips Red Sorghum The Garlic Ballads Thirteen Steps The Republic of Wine The Herbivorous.

This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket,with one tiny closed tear to the bottom edge of the lower cover and with some general rubbing to the head of spine and along the top edge of the upper cover.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.Lovely clean copy internally of this book which was the 2012 Nobel Prize Winner.The work was originally banned in China and this absorbing tale is the story of a revolt among garlic farmers who are unable to sell their crop during a glut on the Garlic Market.Scarce Uk First Edition 1st Impression,8vo 290pp First Edition 1st Impression Size: 8vo - over 5¾' - 6¾' Tall. Mo Yan earned the Nobel Prize in literature 2012. by Hanya Yanagihara RELEASE DATE: MaFour men who meet as college roommates move to New York and spend the next three decades gaining renown in their professionsas an architect, painter, actor and lawyerand struggling with demons in their intertwined personal lives. The Garlic Ballads is a powerful vision of life under the heel of an inflexible and uncaring government.

The Garlic Ballads by Mo Yan