Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused is a showcase for 20 writers from the new literary generation in China. Hardcore realism experimental prose and black humor exoticism and eroticismshocking tales of brutality tender evocations of love and engrossing mysteries all coexist in an anthology that spans nearly a decade ten years that have witnessed a dizzying array of societal and political changes. Almost all of the stories appear in English translation for the first time. Includes Shi Tiesheng amp147First Person Hong Ying amp147The Fieldamp8221 Su Tong amp147The Brothers Shuamp8221 Wang Meng amp147A String of Choicesamp8221 Li Rui amp147Sham Marriageamp8221 Duo Duo amp147The Day I Got to Xianamp8221 Chen Ran amp147Sunshine Between the Lipsamp8221 Li Xiao amp147Grass on the Rooftopamp8221 Yu Hua The Past and the Punishmentsamp8221 Mo Yan amp147The Cureamp8221 Ai Bei amp147Green Earth Motheramp8221 Cao Naiqian amp147When I Think of You Late at Night Thereamp8217s Nothing I Can Doamp8221 Can Xue amp147The Summonsamp8221 Bi Feiyu amp147The Ancestoramp8221 Yang Zhengguang amp147Moonlight over the Field of Ghostsamp8221 Ge Fei amp147Remembering Mr. Wu Youamp8221 Chen Cun amp147Footsteps on the Roofamp8221 Chi Li amp147Willow Waistamp8221 Kong Jiesheng amp147The Sleeping Lionamp8221 Wang Xiangfu amp147Fritter Hollow Chronicles.amp8221