The Garlic Ballads

Name: The Garlic Ballads
Author: Mo Yan

by Mo Yan

Novel of peasants and garlic farmers fighting against corrupt authorities

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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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Red Sorghum FamilyNovel of rural family drama during Sino-Japanese war
Life and Death Are Wearing Me OutSurreal novel of man reincarnated as donkey experiencing rural suffering
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