Stick Out Your Tongue by Ma Jian
A Chinese writer whose marriage has fallen apart travels to Tibet. As he wanders through the countryside, he witnesses the sky burial of a Tibetan woman who died during childbirth, shares a tent with a nomad who is walking to a sacred mountain to seek forgiveness for sleeping with his daughter.
Exquisite, earthy stories.. Ma writes brilliantly * Independent *
At the heart of Ma Jian's stories, there is both humanity and a piercing, if painful, literary truth * Guardian *
Ma Jian...creates a stunning vision of a culture too easily and dangerously airbrushed into the ideals of others * Scotland on Sunday *
All [these stories] are fascinating windows on the soul of a dying people * The Times *
Deadpan yet shot through with subtle empathy and flashes of humour, surreal and unearthly yet steeped in a physicality so immediate that I flinched on at least one occasion. Beautiful...lean style...not a single wasted word...oustanding * Irish Times *
At the heart of Ma Jian's stories, there is both humanity and a piercing, if painful, literary truth * Guardian *
Ma Jian...creates a stunning vision of a culture too easily and dangerously airbrushed into the ideals of others * Scotland on Sunday *
All [these stories] are fascinating windows on the soul of a dying people * The Times *
Deadpan yet shot through with subtle empathy and flashes of humour, surreal and unearthly yet steeped in a physicality so immediate that I flinched on at least one occasion. Beautiful...lean style...not a single wasted word...oustanding * Irish Times *
Ma Jian was born in Qingdao, China. He is the author of seven novels, a travel memoir, three story collections and two essay collections. He has been translated into twenty-six languages. Since the publication of his first book in 1987, all his work has been banned in China. He now lives in exile in London
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099481331 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099481332 |
| Title | Stick Out Your Tongue |
| Author | Ma Jian |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-01-04 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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