Long-tongued man

Author: Jia Pingwa
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book selects over forty humorous essays and several humorous stories by Jia Pingwa. These works reflect and dissect the lives of various individuals in society and during major societal transformations from different perspectives, exploring the struggle of human nature against the constraints of traditional culture and the complexity of human nature. A common feature of these works is their fullness of wit and humor, which is another highly prominent artistic characteristic of Jia Pingwa's writings.