Surrounded by a remorseless mother and seven sisters, each named in anticipation of his birth, a boy-child becomes the narrator of this story, presenting a generation of life in a rural Chinese community in twentieth century, populated by strong women and weak husbands, bandits and government bureaucrats, hen-murdering mid-wives and missionaries.
About the Author
Modern Chinese author, in the western world most known for his novelRed Sorghum(which was turned into a movie by the same title). Often described as the Chinese Franz Kafka or Joseph Heller.Mo Yan(莫言) is a pen name and meansdon't speak. His real name is Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè).He has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 for his work which "with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary". Among the works highlighted by the Nobel judges wereRed Sorghum(1987) andBig Breasts & Wide Hips(2004), as well asThe Garlic Ballads.Chinese version:莫言
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