我不是潘金莲
I Did Not Kill My Husband
Introduction:

Li Xuelian, married to Qin Yuhe, is pregnant with their second child. Happy news? Not in China, with its one-child policy—it’s a crime. What is she to do? Her only option is divorcing before the second child is born.

“Once the baby has entered into the household registry, we’ll marry again. The baby will be born after the divorce, so we’ll each have one child when we marry again. No law says couples with one child can’t marry.” Perfect! Except that after the divorce, Qin marries ... another woman who is expecting a baby. Mad with rage, Li runs to the judge begging him to declare the divorce a sham so she may remarry and truly divorce the fool!

Liu’s politically charged plot unfolds as an absurd and hilarious comedy, but couched in his fiction is a harsh indictment of the flaws in China’s legal and social system. I Did Not Kill My Husband is storytelling and satire of the highest order, sharp-edged and ironic.

Praise
“Government fear of chaos is omnipresent in this expertly translated political farce...An intimate portrait of the local politics that matter so greatly in China.”
— The New York Times
“A masterful tale that will make you laugh even as you despair ...Wickedly subtle satire.”
— Kirkus Reviews(starred review)
Published in other languages:
Chinese (Mainland)

Publisher：Changjiang Literature & Art Publishing House Co., Ltd.

Traditional Chinese (HongKong)

Publisher：Cosmos Books Limited

Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

Publisher：Chiu Ko Publishing Co.,Ltd

English_US

Publisher：Skyhorse Publishing
Translator：Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin

French

Publisher：Gallimard
Translator：Brigitte Guilbaud

German

Publisher：BASTEI LÜBBE AG
Translator：Michael Kahn-Ackermann

Italian

Publisher：BOMPIANI
Translator：Maria Gottardo

Swedish

Publisher：Bokförlaget Wanzhi
Translator：Anna Gustafsson Chen

Spanish

Publisher：Siglo XXI
Translator：Liljana

Czech

Publisher：Odeon
Translator：Zuzana Li

Dutch

Publisher：De Arbeiderspers
Translator：Annelous Stiggelbout and Mathilda Banfield

Russian

Publisher：Hyperion Publishing House
Translator：Rodionova Oksana Petrovna

Russian

Publisher：Eksmo Publishing House
Translator：Rodionova Oksana Petrovna

Turkish

Publisher：Kırmızı Kedi Publishers
Translator：Giray Fidan

Polish

Publisher：Time Marszatek Group
Translator：Magdalena Chrobak

Hungarian

Publisher：Geopen
Translator：Zombory Klara

Romanian

Publisher：Humanitas
Translator：Luminita Balan

Macedonian

Publisher：Makedonika Litera DOOEL Skopje
Translator：Kristina Stamenova

Arabic

Publisher：Wisdom House
Translator：Ahmed Elsaid

Farsi

Publisher：Hezare Quqnoose Pubs
Translator：Dr. Elham

Japanese

Publisher：Sairyusha Publishing Company Limited
Translator：Mizuno Eiko

Korean

Publisher：OPUS Press
Translator：Moon Hyun Sun

Korean Drama Script

Publisher：Theatre & Man Press
Translator：Younglim Hong

Vietnamese

Publisher：Alpha Books Corp. | Labour Publishing
Translator：Dong Mai


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