A Maverick Pig Author: Wang Xiaobo Publisher: Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House

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Selected Essays of Wang Xiaobo, hardcover edition commemorating the 20th anniversary of his death!

Humor is full of wisdom, carrying a spiritual banner of freedom, independence, and rationality! ——"I think black humor is my temperament, it is innate."

"I'm already forty years old, and apart from this pig, I've never seen anyone who dares to ignore the settings of life. On the contrary, I've seen many people who want to set up other people's lives, and some who are content with the set up lives. For this reason, I always miss this maverick pig."

Wang Xiaobo once said that at home, at work, and in front of people you know, you are treated as a person and respected, but in a place where no one knows you, you may be treated as a thing. I think being treated as a person, not a thing, everywhere is dignity. - Chai Jing

【Content Introduction】

This book is a representative work of Wang Xiaobo's essays. Wang Xiaobo thought and was happy throughout his life. He completed his reflection and writing on freedom and rationality in a unique and teasing style. The book dissects topics such as feminism, science and superstition, homosexuality, novel writing, and intellectuals, showing an intellectual maze, allowing readers to learn from him how to think independently and freely, and truly experience the dignity and freedom that they should have as an independent individual. This view ignited the youth of a generation in the 1990s, and it is still fresh and infectious today.

【Editor's recommendation】

★Wang Xiaobo’s representative work of freedom and rationality - a spiritual banner of “daring to ignore the settings of life”.

★Free and rational, eccentric, and blackly humorous, Wang Xiaobo's writings have inspired generations of young people like a fluttering flag over the past twenty years. Wang Xiaobo is a scenery that will never disappear in bookstores!

★Exclusive authorization for all works of Wang Xiaobo!

★Teacher Li Yinhe personally proofread the entire manuscript and wrote a preface to recall her longing for Wang Xiaobo.

★Wang Meng, Wang Shuo, Li Jingze, Zhang Yihe, Xu Zechen, Xu Haofeng, Mai Jia, Feng Tang, Chai Jing and many other famous literary figures highly recommend this book and pay tribute to Wang Xiaobo.