Mo Yan

Mo Yan is a Chinese author known for his works of fiction that often explore themes of rural life and the complexities of Chinese society. His notable books include "Red Sorghum," "Life and Death are Wearing Me Out," "Frog," and "The Garlic Ballads." He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012 for his writing, which blends magical realism with historical narratives.

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Books by Mo Yan

4 books available

Red Sorghum
Mo Yan
3.8 (6k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In Shandong's crimson fields, a family's story unfolds with grand myths and harsh realities as they fight Japanese invaders and their own conflicts, forever staining the sorghum with blood and legend.
Life and Death are Wearing Me Out
Mo Yan
4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy
A kind landowner, executed during Mao's Land Reform Movement, is reborn as a donkey, ox, pig, dog, monkey, and finally a boy. He narrates fifty years of turbulent Chinese history through the eyes of the farm animals he becomes.
Frog
Mo Yan
3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
A respected midwife's brutal dedication to China's one-child policy is the focus of Mo Yan's epic, which examines the human and national costs of extreme ideology.
The Garlic Ballads
Mo Yan
3.7 (2k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In Mo Yan's "The Garlic Ballads," a government-ordered garlic boom ruins rural Chinese farmers, leading to corruption, jail, and a violent uprising inspired by a blind minstrel's defiance.