The Maverick Pig

Wang Xiaobo

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Penguin
15 July 2025

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

Series: Penguin Archive

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

Razor-sharp, pugnacious and blackly funny, Wang Xiaobo's essays established him as one of China's most popular - and subversive - writers. From the political power of silence to the irrepressible spirit of a pig he met while working in a commune, these reflections on life and literature in the shadow of the Cultural Revolution provide a rare glimpse of a fearless satirical genius.

By: Wang Xiaobo
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 73g
ISBN: 9780241747315
ISBN 10: 0241747317
Series: Penguin Archive
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 15 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Wang Xiaobo was born in 1952. From 1968 to 1970, he worked on a farm in Yunnan, China, as an 'educated' youth. He published Golden Age in 1992, first in Taiwan, but publication in China soon followed, where it was an immediate success, still topping bestseller lists today. Wang Xiaobo died of a heart attack in 1997, at the age of forty-four.