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The Noodle Maker

By Ma Jian

The Noodle Maker Essays & Short Stories

The Noodle Maker

By Ma Jian

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Every week, a writer of political propaganda and a professional blood donor meet for dinner. They are unlikely friends - one of them tortured by his 'art', the other fat and wealthy from the earthy business of providing spare blood for the citizens of China. Over the course of one especially gastronomic evening, the writer starts to complain about his latest Party commission: the story of an ordinary soldier who sacrifices his life to the revolutionary cause. This is not the novel he wants to write, he tells his friend. Inside his head lives an unwritten book about the people he knows or sees everyday on the streets - people who lives are far more representative of the world in which he lives...
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2005-05-05
Publication Date:
2005-05-05
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
009945906X
ISBN13:
9780099459064
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
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Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
141 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
17 cm

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