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Book SynopsisMo Yan was born in 1956 in Shandong, northeastern China. The author of over forty short stories and five novels, he is the most critically acclaimed Chinese writer of his generation, in both China and the West. The critically acclaimed film version of the novel, Red Sorghum, won first prize in the Golden Bear Awards at the Berlin Film Festival in 1988.
He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2012.
Trade ReviewMo Yan deserves a place in world literature.
His voice will find its way into the heart of the reader, just as Kundera and Garcia Marquez have. -- Amy Tan
His idiom has the spiralling invention and mytho-maniacal quality of much world literature of a high order, from Vargas Llosa to Rushdie. * Observer *
Brilliant,
lyrical and
intoxicating. * San Francisco Chronicle *
One of China's leading writers... Mo Yan stands out in China's literary scene.
His work rings with refreshing authenticity. * Time *
A real heir to Lu Xun, a fine Chinese writer deeply concerned with the gate of his fellow men. * Times Literary Supplement *
