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What a joker you are, master. – Mo Yan – Eksmo – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-04-223628-0

What a joker you are, master.
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When the familiar world collapses, a person has only one choice: to maintain dignity and not lose themselves.

— What should a worker do when he's fired a month before retirement after forty-three years of impeccable service?
— How can a child survive in a world where hunger is stronger than compassion?
— Is it possible to preserve humanity amid the violence, tyranny, and absurdity of history?

This collection includes seven stories by Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan, one of the most prominent contemporary Chinese writers. His heroes are ordinary people who find themselves face to face with merciless bureaucracy, historical catastrophes, and a rapidly changing world. Combining ruthless realism with parable, the grotesque, and almost fantastical imagery, Mo Yan creates a world in which tragedy often turns into black comedy, and the absurd proves more accurate than any documentary evidence.
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