The Garlic Ballads

The Garlic Ballads

Hardback (29 Jun 1995)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is a Chinese love story by the author of "Red Sorghum". A 1987 glut on the garlic market leaves farmers of Paradise Country watching their crop rot in the fields. Against the backdrop of a riot against communist officialdom, three tales of love and tragedy unfold.

Book information

ISBN: 9780241001943
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Imprint: Hamish Hamilton
Pub date:
DEWEY: 895.1352
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 290
Weight: 470g
Height: 222mm
Width: 142mm
Spine width: 30mm