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Shifu, You’ll Do Anything for a Laugh

short stories by Mo Yan

Also known as: “Shifu yue lai yue mo”

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…yue lai yue mo (2000; Shifu, You’ll Do Anything for a Laugh) and the novels Tanxiang xing (2001; Sandalwood Death), Shengsi pilao (2006; Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out), and Wa (2009; Frog). Wan shu de ren (2020; A Late Bloomer) contains 12 novellas.
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