Moyan Best: Building Roads

Author: Mo Yan
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: In that special era, the acting team leader of the road construction crew, Yang Lijiu, led a group of road workers in a battle on the Balong River embankment. Life was tough and monotonous, with a sense of spiritual emptiness and boredom. Yang Lijiu, unable to stand the loneliness, fell for Bai Qiaomei, a blunt and capable widow from Masang Town. The cook Liu Luoguo unexpectedly reunited with his long-lost daughter on the construction site. A clever 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, has gained fame in Chinese literature with his unique creative techniques. To date, he has published nearly ten long 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. Some critics have even 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.