Moyan's Best - Building Roads

Author: Mo Yan
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Features: In that special era, the acting team leader of the road construction crew, Yang Lioju, led a group of road workers in a battle on the Balong River embankment. Life was harsh and monotonous, with a sense of spiritual emptiness and boredom. Unwilling to be lonely, Yang Lioju fell in love with Bai Qiaomei, a fierce and capable widow from Masang Town. The cook Liu Luoguo unexpectedly reunited with his long-lost daughter on the construction site. The shrewd and calculating man who came to bury dog bones ended up digging up a jar of gold and silver. The story of Sunba's pregnant wife, who brought her children to the construction site, unfolds with the hardships of her life. Mo Yan, a renowned contemporary Chinese writer, is celebrated in the literary world for his unique creative techniques. 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 Beidong Township of Gaomi County, reminiscent of Macondo 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.