did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9780312424794

The Noodle Maker A Novel

by ;
  • ISBN13:

    9780312424794

  • ISBN10:

    0312424795

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-04-04
  • Publisher: Picador

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Purchase Benefits

  • Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
    Your order must be $35 or more to qualify for free economy shipping. Bulk sales, PO's, Marketplace items, eBooks and apparel do not qualify for this offer.
  • eCampus.com Logo Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
List Price: $19.00 Save up to $7.27
  • Rent Book $11.73
    Add to Cart Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping

    TERM
    PRICE
    DUE
    USUALLY SHIPS IN 24-48 HOURS
    *This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

Summary

From Mi Jian, the highly acclaimed Chinese dissident, comes a satirical novel about the absurdities of life in a post-Tiananmen China. Two men meet for dinner each week. Over the course of one of these drunken evenings, the writer recounts the stories he would write, had he the courage: a young man buys an old kiln and opens a private crematorium, delighting in his ability to harass the corpses of police officers and Party secretaries, while swooning to banned Western music; a heartbroken actress performs a public suicide by stepping into the jaws of a wild tiger, watched nonchalantly by her ex-lover. Extraordinary characters inspire him, their lives pulled and pummeled by fate and politics, as if they are balls of dough in the hands of an all-powerful noodle maker. Ma Jian's satirical masterpiece allows us a humorous, yet profound, glimpse of those struggling to survive under a system that dictates their every move. Ma Jianleft Beijing for Hong Kong in 1987, shortly before his books were banned in China. He now lives in London. His acclaimed bookRed Dustwon the 2002 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. Two men, one a writer of political propaganda, the other a professional blood donor, meet for dinner each week. Over the course of one drunken evening, the writer recounts the stories he would create, had he the courage: a young man buys an old kiln from an art school, opens a private crematorium, and is overwhelmed by demand; a heartbroken actress performs a public suicide by stepping into the jaws of a wild tiger, watched nonchalantly by her ex-lover; an illegal migrant scrapes together a living by writing love letters for the illiterate but can't help falling in love himself. Extraordinary characters inspire the writer, their lives pulled and pummeled by fate and politics as if they were balls of dough in the hands of an all-powerful noodle maker. This satirical novel about the absurdities and cruelties of life in a post-Tiananmen China allows readers a humorous yet profound glimpse of individuals struggling to survive under a system that dictates their every move. "Fans of the absurdity and dark humor of Milan Kundera's portraits of life behind the Iron Curtain will appreciate these same elements in Ma Jian's work."Alane Salierno Mason,The Baltimore Sun "[A] wry, biting collection."Anderson Tepper,The New York Times Book Review "Jian is a superb comedian . . . This antic nihilist is hard to beat."Los Angeles Times "[A] sharp, black comic novel . . . [An] excellent novel, and one China with have to answer for itself."Bryan Walsh,Bookforum "Fans of the absurdity and dark humor of Milan Kundera's portraits of life behind the Iron Curtain will appreciate these same elements in Ma Jian's work."Alane Salierno Mason,The Baltimore Sun "One of the most important and courageous voices in Chinese literature."Gao Xingjian, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature "Playful and wonderfully dark,The Noodle Makerconfirms Ma Jian as a Chinese Kundera. The funniest book I've read in a long time."Philip Marsden, author ofThe Bronski House "[Ma Jian's] writing shines a light that is both humane and angry into some of the dustiest corners of a closed and often forgotten society."Stephanie Merritt,The Observer(London) "The Noodle Makeris hugely entertaining and deeply serious. It's something to celebrate."Jonathan Safran Foer, author ofEverything is Illuminated

Author Biography

Ma Jian is the author of Red Dust, which won the Thomas Cook Prize in the UK. His most recent novel is Stick Out Your Tongue (FSG). He now lives in England.

Table of Contents

The Professional Writer 3(4)
The Professional Blood Donor 7(14)
The Swooner 21(22)
The Suicide or The Actress 43(28)
The Possessor or The Possessed 71(40)
The Street Writer or The Plastic Bag in the Air 111(20)
Let the Mirror Be the Judge or Naked 131(12)
The Abandoner or The Abandoned 143(8)
The Carefree Hound or The Witness 151

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program