"Big Breasts and Wide Buttocks" is the masterpiece of the novel Mo Yan, the 2012 Nobel Prize winner in Literature. It was written in 1995. With its rich imagination, strong spirit of historical criticism, and profound feelings of compassion and redemption, this epic work is known as "the 'Bible' of Northeast Gaomi Township." It won the first "Everyone Honghe Literature Prize" and was praised by the Nobel Prize for Literature jury as "Mo Yan's outstanding novel". This book restores the turbulent historical process of modern China over a century through the rise and fall of various members of a family in Northeast Gaomi Township. The mother in the book is like a folk goddess who bears suffering and has a tragic fate. The large family composed of many children she gave birth to has strong connections with various social forces, civil organizations and the power discourse in the crazy years, and is irresistibly involved in the political and historical stage. The competition and fighting between various forces unfolded within the family, which then resulted in the reality that the mother had to endure and resolve the hardships alone: military banditry, war, displacement, death of relatives, and worry and anxiety about her orphaned son. Her behavior of using her stomach to steal food from the mill in the crazy years showed even more affection like a bird spitting food. This magnificent masterpiece is more than 500,000 words long. It was brewed for more than ten years, but it only took less than three months to complete.
Reader comments
Lu Yao gave me new life and strength when I was at my most desperate, and Mo Yan helped me see humanity and reality clearly when I was most confused.
Many people on the Internet cursed Mo Yan for this novel, calling him obscene and reactionary. But to be fair, this masterpiece, which won the Nobel Prize for Literature, is of high quality and well-deserved. However, it is indeed quite bold, not only in terms of words, but also in perspective and concept. It is indeed unique among contemporary writers. From the perspective of Shangguan Jintong (me) who sucked breast milk until he was 12 years old and later became half-mad and half-mad, the novel records the historical changes and deep sufferings of the Northeast Township in Gaomi, Shandong Province over a century of vicissitudes of history in a large-scale, magical yet realistic way.
Mo Yan's Nobel Prize-winning work "Big Breasts and Wide Buttocks", Shangguan Lu and Sima Liang are my two favorite characters in the book. The story has colorful twists and turns, is vivid and interesting, you must read it...
After reading it carefully, I felt Mo Yan's rich imagination, historical critical spirit and deep humanistic feelings. What shocked me greatly in the book was the image of mother in the article, which is specific and vivid. Although "mother" is forced to do many things that are not acceptable for morality in life, "mother" can do many strange behaviors for the sake of her children, such as stealing food for her children. Mother's love is paranoid and unreasonable, but it is also very great. The author's characterization of the characters is delicate, vivid and full of power.
Not only a novel, but also a Chinese epic. Magical realism floats between reality and fantasy, but it better reflects the cruelty of reality, so it makes people painful to read, and many times they don't want to continue reading. The story of rural China in the last century, in which the protagonist is a woman raising eight children, is full of Mo Yan's compassion for reality. Between beauty and ugliness, good and evil, the image of mother gradually becomes great and full. Mother is not only an individual, but also the belief in everyone's heart and the ultimate affirmation of the value of life.
"Big Breasts and Wide Hips" is a novel by Chinese writer Mo Yan, published in 1995. This novel is based on China's historical background from the first half of the 20th century to the 1980s, and tells the fate and life experiences of three generations of women in a family. By telling the story of the protagonist Wang Shili, it shows the restraint and oppression of women in traditional Chinese society. In the novel, Wang Shili, as a woman, endured various pressures and difficulties in a traditional family, while also showing her strength and bravery.
This book is wonderful and beautiful
Great book, so exciting!
The epitome of the times, the ugliness of human nature
Delicate characterizations, comparisons of things, and rich Mo Yan.
The details are well described
Yes, it's a good book
Why is there only the beginning?
A history of suffering for high-density women. From grandmothers to grandnieces, they are all oppressed, and none of them has a good ending.
With a heavy heart, I can only say thank you for the new era
The contrast between the astute Sima Liang and the cowardly and incompetent Shangguan Jintong is really strong.
The writing style is very delicate, always expressing sadness and bitterness in simple words in unexpected places.
Suffering and perseverance, trying to survive
The book is a good book, but it requires VIP, and the rest is average
What a wonderfully written book
It profoundly exposed the ugliness of society. The behavior and final outcome of Shangguan Jintong in the book cause us to reflect on life and ourselves. It is a rare and good book.
Lu Yao gave me new life and strength when I was at my most desperate, and Mo Yan helped me see humanity and reality clearly when I was most confused.
Many people on the Internet cursed Mo Yan for this novel, calling him obscene and reactionary. But to be fair, this masterpiece, which won the Nobel Prize for Literature, is of high quality and well-deserved. However, it is indeed quite bold, not only in terms of words, but also in perspective and concept. It is indeed unique among contemporary writers. From the perspective of Shangguan Jintong (me) who sucked breast milk until he was 12 years old and later became half-mad and half-mad, the novel records the historical changes and deep sufferings of the Northeast Township in Gaomi, Shandong Province over a century of vicissitudes of history in a large-scale, magical yet realistic way.
Mo Yan's Nobel Prize-winning work "Big Breasts and Wide Buttocks", Shangguan Lu and Sima Liang are my two favorite characters in the book. The story has colorful twists and turns, is vivid and interesting, you must read it...
After reading it carefully, I felt Mo Yan's rich imagination, historical critical spirit and deep humanistic feelings. What shocked me greatly in the book was the image of mother in the article, which is specific and vivid. Although "mother" is forced to do many things that are not acceptable for morality in life, "mother" can do many strange behaviors for the sake of her children, such as stealing food for her children. Mother's love is paranoid and unreasonable, but it is also very great. The author's characterization of the characters is delicate, vivid and full of power.
Not only a novel, but also a Chinese epic. Magical realism floats between reality and fantasy, but it better reflects the cruelty of reality, so it makes people painful to read, and many times they don't want to continue reading. The story of rural China in the last century, in which the protagonist is a woman raising eight children, is full of Mo Yan's compassion for reality. Between beauty and ugliness, good and evil, the image of mother gradually becomes great and full. Mother is not only an individual, but also the belief in everyone's heart and the ultimate affirmation of the value of life.
"Big Breasts and Wide Hips" is a novel by Chinese writer Mo Yan, published in 1995. This novel is based on China's historical background from the first half of the 20th century to the 1980s, and tells the fate and life experiences of three generations of women in a family. By telling the story of the protagonist Wang Shili, it shows the restraint and oppression of women in traditional Chinese society. In the novel, Wang Shili, as a woman, endured various pressures and difficulties in a traditional family, while also showing her strength and bravery.
This book is wonderful and beautiful
Great book, so exciting!
The epitome of the times, the ugliness of human nature
Delicate characterizations, comparisons of things, and rich Mo Yan.
The details are well described
Yes, it's a good book
Why is there only the beginning?
A history of suffering for high-density women. From grandmothers to grandnieces, they are all oppressed, and none of them has a good ending.
With a heavy heart, I can only say thank you for the new era
The contrast between the astute Sima Liang and the cowardly and incompetent Shangguan Jintong is really strong.
The writing style is very delicate, always expressing sadness and bitterness in simple words in unexpected places.
Suffering and perseverance, trying to survive
The book is a good book, but it requires VIP, and the rest is average
What a wonderfully written book
It profoundly exposed the ugliness of society. The behavior and final outcome of Shangguan Jintong in the book cause us to reflect on life and ourselves. It is a rare and good book.