Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused

Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused is a showcase for 20 writers from the new literary generation in China. Hard-core realism, experimental prose, and black humor
exoticism and eroticism
shocking tales of brutality, tender evocations of love, and engrossing mysteries all coexist in an anthology that spans nearly a decade, ten years that have witnessed a dizzying array of societal and political changes. Almost all of the stories appear in English translation for the first time. Includes Shi Tiesheng, "First Person"
Hong Ying, "The Field"
Su Tong, "The Brothers Shu"
Wang Meng, "A String of Choices"
Li Rui, "Sham Marriage"
Duo Duo, "The Day I Got to Xi'an"
Chen Ran, "Sunshine Between the Lips"
Li Xiao, "Grass on the Rooftop"
Yu Hua, The Past and the Punishments"
Mo Yan, "The Cure"
Ai Bei, "Green Earth Mother"
Cao Naiqian, "When I Think of You Late at Night, There's Nothing I Can Do"
Can Xue, "The Summons"
Bi Feiyu, "The Ancestor"
Yang Zhengguang, "Moonlight over the Field of Ghosts"
Ge Fei, "Remembering Mr. Wu You"
Chen Cun, "Footsteps on the Roof"
Chi Li, "Willow Waist"
Kong Jiesheng, "The Sleeping Lion"
Wang Xiangfu, "Fritter Hollow Chronicles."