WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA
Zhu Wen. The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan: More Stories of China
Translated by Julia Lovell (2013)
“Zhu Wen’s prose is imbued with his own unique brand of black humor, which combined with an unbridled imagination, offers a satiric and disturbing take on the capitalist gluttony that has overtaken contemporary Chinese society. The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan is an important extension of Zhu Wen’s literary universe.”
–Michael Berry, author of A History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film
