Mo Yan's Best Works (6 Volumes)

Author: Mo Yan
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: A thousand words cannot compare to Mo Yan! Mo Yan calls himself "Mo" (not speaking), yet his pen is filled with countless words. Regardless of the subject, his flowing and intricate style is his trademark. This is perhaps a game of self-deprecation or self-affirmation for a novelist. Because of these countless words, he has also attracted countless attached voices from literary critics. Discussing various aspects of Mo Yan, from feminism to nationalist discourse, has indeed led to many conferences and theses in recent years. However, amidst the clamor in academia, Mo Yan seems to respond with silence to all the voices. The various "sayings" about the novelist's final aspirations in his works must be grounded in this self-awareness.
At the age of 17, the rural youth Ma Chenggong has long been infatuated with Fang Biyu, a young woman several years older than him, who is beautiful, upright, brave, and skilled. They are fortunate to leave the cotton fields together and arrive at the long-awaited cotton processing factory, where they meet Li Zhigao, a talented and charming young man with a proud and flirtatious personality; Sun Hedu, a demobilized soldier; "Iron Hammer," a social outcast; Sun Honghua, the daughter of an official; and others. From there, they begin a new, busy life and an extraordinary love story.
The renowned contemporary Chinese writer Mo Yan, with his unique creative techniques, has gained fame in the Chinese literary world. To date, he has published nearly ten full-length novels and over a hundred short stories and novellas. His novels, with their vibrant colors, novel sensations, and rich, unique imagery, present an artistic world in the northeast of Gaomi County, similar to the Macondo town in Gabriel García Márquez's works, to the extent that some critics have remarked that Mo Yan is China's own Gabriel García Márquez.
Memories of rural life serve as the and background for many of Mo Yan's literary works.