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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 895.1352 EAN: 9780140168549 ISBN: 0140168540 Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: April 01, 1994 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Editorial Review: Product Description: A legend in China, where it won the major literary awards and inspired an Oscar-nominated film, this is a novel of family, myth, and memory, set during the fratricidal barbarity of the 1930s, when the Chinese battled both Japanese invaders and each other. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - China leading up to WWIIChina's history is unbelievably complex. I am assuming the author's history is accurate; not the specific events, but the composite of "these types of events did happen". What was described in this book makes the Hatfield/McCoy feud seem like a spelling bee. Mo Yan hits you with realism that will stun you. The book revolves around the invading Japanese; the Chinese who help them; the nationalists; the communists and those who just want to protect their homes and families from all of ... Read More Rating:  - a painted booki felt as though reading a painting. the contents are so narrative and graphic it will make you think all over again after you read one scene. though some contents are quite morbid nevertheless it is a good book for booklovers all over the world. you will feel the pain of each character and become attached to them. one of the many good books in chinese literature translated. Rating: - brutal, realI have never read such a brutal, graphic novel. It is truly rare for an author to capture the horror of evil so clearly or powerfully. Reading this book is like being beaten up. At the same time, it is about life. Within the tragedy is a story about people facing and overcoming evil. Because it does not look away from the horror, the hope it implies is authentic. Thus this book distinguishes itself. I recommend this book for a mature reader because of its powerful content. It ... Read More Rating: - Lush tragedyMo Yan's prose explodes with a lushness lacking in most Chinese literature. The story is well-written and compelling, but it was the prose that made me pick it up again and again. The content is graphic and sometimes hard to read because he manages to thrust you into the situation. This was a book I had to read for class and didn't finish in time because I found myself not merely reading, but savoring the passages. The constraints of school didn't let me continue reading it that semester, but as soon ... Read More Rating: - Soul ShatteringThis book is both incredibly beautiful and incredibly tragic. The things that people endure and overcome, or at least endure is amazing. I think most of us modern day American's, or at least first world folks, can't even begin to imagine such a world as is depicted in this book. I had to struggle with an impulse to throw this book out the window, but I did not put it down until I was finished with it. This book has changed me as a person, and the way that I view the world. This book reinforces ... Read More |
