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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > Eyes on the Prize: A Reader's Guide to Nobel Prize Winners
 
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The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

Guy A. Person posted:

Mo Yan is fantastic. I have read The Garlic Ballads and The Republic of Wine and enjoyed Wine a lot more; both were funny but Ballads was a tad more depressing. Based on your suggestion I'll probably read Life and Death.. next and I have Big Breasts & Wide Hips queued up for eventually. His stuff has been intermittently appearing on the Kindle Daily Deal which is how I picked up all 4, so I would encourage anyone interested to keep an eye out.

I've read Republic of Wine, it is a very strange book. You know how some websites purport to sell sounds that will get you high? Republic of Wine is a book that will get you drunk.

The bookstore I was at had that and Big Breasts, Large Hips, knowing nothing about either I chose the one that would be less embarrassing to have the cashier ring up. Does anyone have a recommendation for a second book of his to read?

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