Date with a Master

Author: Mo Yan
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: "Meeting the Masters" is the second collection of short stories published by Mo Yan over more than two decades of literary creation (the first being "White Dog Sled"). It compiles forty-four works written and published by Mo Yan from 1990 to 2005. Several stories in the collection, such as "The Burning of the Flower Pavilion," "Moonlight Slash," "The Lovers of the Leprosy Woman," and "Nine Segments of Fiction," are among his recent creations published in the past one or two years and are being published for the first time. Mo Yan's short stories are rich in plot and diverse in style, resembling a variety of vibrant flowers that have grown from the fertile and abundant land of China. They include sharp revelations of the harsh realities of rural life, touching portrayals of pure rural love, and numerous absurd yet vividly realistic legendary tales. The compilation of these works allows readers to fully appreciate the artistic charm of Mo Yan's writing while also tracing his developmental trajectory as a novelist in literary academia.