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1、Copyright©2011byMoYanEnglish-languagecopyright©2000,2011byHowardGoldblattAllRightsReserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanymannerwithouttheexpresswrittenconsentofthepublisher,exceptinthecaseofbriefexcerptsincriticalreviewsorarticles.Allinquiriesshouldbe
2、addressedtoArcadePublishing,307West36thStreet,11thFloor,NewYork,NY10018.ArcadePublishingbooksmaybepurchasedinbulkatspecialdiscountsforsalespromotion,corporategifts,fund-raising,oreducationalpurposes.Specialeditionscanalsobecreatedtospecifications.Fordetails
3、,contacttheSpecialSalesDepartment,ArcadePublishing,307West36thStreet,11thFloor,NewYork,NY10018orarcade@skyhorsepublishing.com.ArcadePublishing®isaregisteredtrademarkofSkyhorsePublishing,Inc.®,aDelawarecorporation.OriginallypublishedunderthetitleJiuGuoin1992
4、bytheHung-fanBookCompanyinTaiwanThisisaworkoffiction.Names,characters,places,andincidentsareeithertheworkoftheauthor’simaginationorareusedfictitiously.Visitourwebsiteatwww.arcadepub.com.10987654321LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailableonf
5、ile.ISBN:978-1-61145-533-5Translator’sNoteFortheChinesereader,TheRepublicofWinepacksquiteawallop,muchlikethecolorlessliquorsdistilledinMoYan’shomeprovinceofShandongandelsewhereinChina,Maotaibeingthemostfamous.Fewcontemporaryworkshaveexposedandsatirizedthepo
6、liticalstructureofpost-MaoChina,ortheenduringobsessionoftheChineseaboutfood,withthewitandvenomofthisexplosivenovel;noneevenapproachesitsstructuralinventiveness.AswithmanyofMoYan’snovels,TheRepublicofWinewasconsideredextremelysubversive,andcouldbepublishedin
7、ChinaonlyafteraTaiwaneseeditionappearedin1992.Subsequentlyincludedinhismulti-volumecollectedworksunderthenewtitleRepublicofDrunks(Mingdingguo),itcontinuestothrillsomeandhorrifyothers.Inthebook,letter-writerMoYantellsLiYidouthathehaslongwantedtowriteanovelon
8、liquor.’Well,hereitis,underthetersebutrevealingtitleofJiuguo,theliteralmeaningofwhichis‘countryofalcohol.’(Thegenerictermjiureferstoallalcoholicbeverages,andmustbeexpandedadjectivallytoindicatetype.)Mo