The Garlic Ballads (Chinese: 天堂蒜薹之歌) is a 1988 novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Mo Yan. When it was published in the 1980s it was banned in China.[1] The book is about the 1987 garlic glut.[2]
 First US edition (published by Viking Press) | |
| Author | Mo Yan |
|---|---|
| Original title | 天堂蒜薹之歌 |
| Language | Chinese |
Publication date | 1988 |
References edit
- ^ Bernstein, Richard. "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; A Rural Chinese 'Catch-22' You Can Almost Smell". Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "THE GARLIC BALLADS by Mo Yan | Kirkus Reviews". Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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