false <![CDATA[Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168984368m/37820.jpg 37820 15 Having enchanted readers on two continents with <i>Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, </i>Dai Sijie now produces a rapturous and uproarious collision of East and West, a novel about the dream of love and the love of dreams. Fresh from 11 years in Paris studying Freud, bookish Mr. Muo returns to China to spread the gospel of psychoanalysis. His secret purpose is to free his college sweetheart from prison. To do so he has to get on the good side of the bloodthirsty Judge Di, and to accomplish <i>that</i> he must provide the judge with a virgin maiden. <br><br>This may prove difficult in a China that has embraced western sexual mores along with capitalism&#8211;especially since Muo, while indisputably a romantic, is no ladies&#8217; man. Tender, laugh-out-loud funny, and unexpectedly wise, <i>Mr. Muo&#8217;s Travelling Couch </i>introduces a hero as endearingly inept as Inspector Clouseau and as valiant as Don Quixote. 353810 2003 Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch total:355|5:16|4:60|3:135|2:94|1:50| 355 963 576 82 1 2 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 07:43:03 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 17:37:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 09 20:24:53 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 20:25:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 19:50:35 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 18 19:23:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 08:12:08 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 07:34:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 09:56:58 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 10:05:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 15:14:52 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 15:26:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Mar 30 19:38:18 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 30 19:40:27 -0700 2007 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Although I didn't read the book and only know the story from the lovely movie, I am into it. I'll let you know how thing...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:33:53 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:33:53 -0800 2009 This comic novel encompasses huge themes__not just political repression in China, but also love, sex, the commodification of women, and the twisting, winding roads one must take to gain self-knowledge. Reviewers concur that Sijie's second novel is something of a picaresque; it meanders as it follows...

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I’ve truly grown to love Asian writers. This writer happens to be Chinese-born but lives and works in France. Either way, the culture and wit of Asia and its artists have overwhelmed and enthralled me...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 21 14:54:59 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 14:59:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 02:23:49 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 01:44:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 17:37:10 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 17:37:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 06:50:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 06:52:43 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 15 12:28:27 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 12:29:30 -0700 2009 ]]> 2 0 false false Fri Apr 11 05:21:44 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 05:59:46 -0700 2008
The book is a satirical story about modern day China althoug...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=37820