Herbivore Family (Mo Yan's Works Series)

Author: Mo Yan
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The Vegetarian Family is a long novel where Mo Yan unrestrainedly unleashes his extraordinary imagination, hailed as a work that takes absurd fantasy to its extreme in Chinese literature. It is also a fully embodied representation of Mo Yan's world philosophy. The novel is set in the Gaoqi Northeast Township, depicting the relationship between the ancestors living on the barren yet fertile land and nature. History and reality, humanity and nature, vision, taste, touch, and the magical and absurd imagination are all integrated in this work, creating a breathtaking spectacle.