Winner English PEN Award
(Buy I Love My Mum on Amazon U.S./ Buy I Love My Mum on Amazon U.K.)
Format 122 pages. Paperback.8.5*5.5. Category: Fiction. ISBN 978-988-18419-2-6
This is the first English translation of the most famous work by Chen Xiwo, one of China’s most acclaimed and controversial writers, and winner of the Chinese People’s Literature Prize (2001). I Love My Mum caused an international sensation in 2007 when the author sued the Chinese customs after they confiscated the Chinese version.
I Love My Mum is a shocking tale of murder and incest narrated by a hardened crime squad detective who is used to the seamy side of life. Even he has never come across a murder case like this. And the same is guaranteed for the reader.
In addition to a full and uncensored translation of I Love My Mum the book also includes a specially written afterword by the author, and an introduction to his life and work.
Praise for I Love My Mum
‘Chen Xiwo’s worldview mimics various kinds of pain, both fierce jabs and slow-throbbing.’ Wall Street Journal
‘I haven’t been much drawn to erotica or political allegory, but Chen Xiwo’s I Love My Mum changed that.‘ The Spectator
‘Exposing an authoritarian state with explicit sex in fiction.’ The Independent
”A maverick author, whose banned short story I Love My Mum, uses incest and matricide as a metaphor for the decay of society.’ The Economist
‘Chen Xiwo’s works – known for their explicit descriptions of violent and deviant sex – get noticed by the Anglophone audience outside China.’ China Daily
‘Censors quickly labelled the book “anti-human.” Huck Magazine