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- catalog abstract ""After a shattering defeat for China in an international wrestling competition, a group of profiteers seeks out a young athletic hero to restore the country's damaged pride. In search of a living practitioner of a legendary fighting technique, the scouts find their man. Ironically, he is no warrior, but rather a slacker pedicab driver. What follows is a surreal, comic journey that includes a sex-change operation, an encounter with Buddha himself, and a humiliation competition where nations vie by performing feats of self-degradation." "Please Don't Call Me Human is a Fellini-esque satire of nationalism, the Olympics, and the cult of celebrity."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Chʻien wan pieh pa wo tang jen. English".
- catalog contributor b11708951.
- catalog contributor b11708952.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""After a shattering defeat for China in an international wrestling competition, a group of profiteers seeks out a young athletic hero to restore the country's damaged pride. In search of a living practitioner of a legendary fighting technique, the scouts find their man. Ironically, he is no warrior, but rather a slacker pedicab driver. What follows is a surreal, comic journey that includes a sex-change operation, an encounter with Buddha himself, and a humiliation competition where nations vie by performing feats of self-degradation." "Please Don't Call Me Human is a Fellini-esque satire of nationalism, the Olympics, and the cult of celebrity."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "vii, 289 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Please don't call me human.".
- catalog identifier "0786864192".
- catalog isFormatOf "Please don't call me human.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng chi".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Hyperion East,".
- catalog relation "Please don't call me human.".
- catalog subject "895.1/352 21".
- catalog subject "PL2919.S55 C4213 2000".
- catalog subject "Wang, Shuo, 1958- Translations into English.".
- catalog title "Chʻien wan pieh pa wo tang jen. English".
- catalog title "Please don't call me human / Wang Shuo ; translated by Howard Goldblatt.".
- catalog type "Black humor (Literature) gsafd".
- catalog type "Translations. fast".
- catalog type "text".