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The Garlic Ballads

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The Garlic Ballads
First US edition (published by Viking Press)
AuthorMo Yan
Original title天堂蒜薹之歌
LanguageChinese
Publication date
1988

The Garlic Ballads (Chinese: 天堂蒜薹之歌) is a 1988 novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Mo Yan. When it was published in the 1980s it was banned in China.[1] The book is about the 1987 garlic glut.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bernstein, Richard. "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; A Rural Chinese 'Catch-22' You Can Almost Smell". Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ^ "THE GARLIC BALLADS by Mo Yan | Kirkus Reviews". Retrieved 26 September 2018.