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Pow! () is a 2003 novel by the Chinese author and Nobel laureate Mo Yan. The novel's protagonist is Luo Xiaotong, a village boy with a passion for story-telling. It is set in a temple, where Luo recounts the story of his life to an old monk. "Mo Read More..

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Description	Pow! () is a 2003 novel by the Chinese author and Nobel laureate Mo Yan. The novel's protagonist is Luo Xiaotong, a village boy with a passion for story-telling. It is set in a temple, where Luo recounts the story of his life to an old monk. "Mo Yan's New Novel: A Peter Pan tale", The Economist, 22 December 2012. He describes the difficult circumstances of his childhood in the "Slaughterhouse Village," a fictional town in which the population is obsessed with the consumption of meat and where corruption is rife.Hector Tobar, "Mo Yan's 'Pow!' packs a punch, however veiled", Los Angeles Times, 14 December 2012.The novel has been interpreted as an allegorical commentary on the state of contemporary Chinese society, though Mo himself maintains that he is merely a storyteller, uninterested in ideology. "Mo on Mo", The Economist, 3 January 2013.
Description	Pow! () is a 2003 novel by the Chinese author and Nobel laureate Mo Yan. The novel's protagonist is Luo Xiaotong, a village boy with a passion for story-telling. It is set in a temple, where Luo recounts the story of his life to an old monk. "Mo Yan's New Novel: A Peter Pan tale", The Economist, 22 December 2012. He describes the difficult circumstances of his childhood in the "Slaughterhouse Village," a fictional town in which the population is obsessed with the consumption of meat and where corruption is rife.Hector Tobar, "Mo Yan's 'Pow!' packs a punch, however veiled", Los Angeles Times, 14 December 2012.The novel has been interpreted as an allegorical commentary on the state of contemporary Chinese society, though Mo himself maintains that he is merely a storyteller, uninterested in ideology. "Mo on Mo", The Economist, 3 January 2013.

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Name	POW!
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Authors	Mo Yan
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Translator	Howard Goldblatt
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Genre	Novel
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Language	Chinese
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Country	China
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Pages	386 pp (Eng. trans. edition)
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Media_type	Print (Hardback
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Isbn	0857420763
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Publisher	(Eng. trans.) Seagull Books
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Pub_date	2003
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Release_date	2003
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