Red Sorghum Family

Name: Red Sorghum Family
Author: Mo Yan

by Mo Yan

Novel of rural family drama during Sino-Japanese war

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About the author

Mo Yan

Nobel Prize-winning novelist whose hallucinatory fiction set in his native Gaomi township blends magic realism with brutal historical satire. Red Sorghum Family launched his international reputation.

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