The Republic of Wine
New York: Arcade Publishing, 2000. First North American edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Very minor bumping to spine head and corners, else fine in fine, mildly edge worn, lightly rubbed dust jacket with "Autographed Copy" sticker to front panel, in mylar cover. Item #230058
Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt. Originally published under the title Jiu Guo in 1992 by the Hung-fan Book Company in Taiwan.
"Mo Yan" is the pen name for Chinese author Guan Moye, inspired by his parents' continual warning - "don't speak" - during his childhood in 1950's politically-charged China. In 2012, Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize of Literature. Republic of Wine, his fifth novel, is a satire addressing government corruption using food, alcohol, and cannibalism as metaphors for excess and self-destruction.
Signed by author Mo Yan on the half-title page and translator Goldblatt on the title page.
Price: $850.00