Ma Bole's Second Life

About this book

"Ma Bo'le's Second Life is a humorous-yet-stark depiction of the despair of ordinary Chinese people confronted with the sudden onslaught of war and Westernization. It follows the eponymous cowardly layabout as he escapes his unhappy family life by going on the run to avoid the coming Japanese invasion. Just a step ahead of the destruction, bumbling his way from one poorly thought out situation to the next, Ma Bo'le's comic journey mirrors that of China as a whole during this chaotic period of history"--Back cover.