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Mr. Mo Yan's works are not only well received by domestic readers, but also translated into more than 50 languages and sold well overseas, and have won the love of many overseas readers. On the goodreads website of the world's largest online reading community, each work of Mr. Mo Yan has thousands of people commenting on sharing their reading feelings, and the distance of language has not weakened the charm of Mr. Mo Yan's text, let's see how overseas readers read Mo Yan!
01
"Red Sorghum Family"
Very powerful narrative. This novel deserves to be read many times, and I will definitely reread it in the future, hoping to read it at least once Chinese the original.
——Whitaker
Against the historical backdrop of the Japanese army's atrocities in invading China, it is truly shocking that this work subtly intertwines the history of a family with the beautiful depiction of nature.
——John Hatley
The novel confirms that Mo Yan is indeed worthy of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Complex, frivolous, earthy, poetic, it rolls in dirt and blood, soaring to magnificent poetic heights. Aside from the richness of language that it can be chewed, the biggest attraction of this novel to me is the many bold risks that the author takes in terms of form and structure.
——Larry Feign
Mo Yan's way of organizing these details is cleverly presented, and the novel allows the reader to be first moved by the poetic lyricism, and the soul is torn by the abundant emotions, so that the reader now loves the land deeply.
Many of the characters are very humane, making people cling to it like a loved one – mean but cute. We have formed an indissoluble relationship with these people and their motherland, and Mo Yan's words are exquisitely crafted, and this beauty makes us integrate into this world.
——Moscow
Why is it worth five stars? First of all, I still prefer Life and Death Fatigue to this one, but they are all extremely important works, and they are cruel depictions of people who have experienced things that we may never have experienced. They were dizzying and we had to accept all the information. But if you understand Mo Yan's meaning, you will get a strong sense of ecstasy.
The book is of much higher calibre than almost every other book published since the 80s, and it fulfills everything the reader wants: it's a thriller, it's a philosophical study, it's a romance book, it enriches the meaning between life and death.
When you first start reading, you will notice the text. If you're like me, and this isn't the first Mo Yan work you've read, it seems a little strange to be drowning in it again.
The typical linguistic characteristics of this work are compactness and tension. It was written in the first person, and in fact I hate this narrative the most, but Mo Yan once again proved that some genius people can reassure me. His narration is very fluid, never stopping halfway or becoming less interesting – it's a constant sound you've been listening to in his book, and it guides you through the labyrinth of "red sorghum."
——Ana
02
"Life and Death Fatigue"
The novel appealed to me from the beginning. From an animal point of view, the author's portrayal of human nature comes from the collective deformation of nature, but also from extreme situations such as famine and sexual obsession, and even from power and excessive wealth. Mo Yan's characters are malleable and colorful. The plot of the work is often brutal and violent; however, the sense of humor of Mo Yan's words resonates with me—sometimes light and sparkling, sometimes black and ironic, all the way to harsh cynicism.
—— Intellect
I was really shocked after reading it, and I had a real feeling for a while that I wouldn't finish reading it, and of course that wasn't a negative meaning, but in a way, the book would be my reading partner in the next month or two.
——Sarah B. Boyle
I love the title! Here's a piece of information about changing lives, how everything changes, it's hard to understand that, we all suffer from selfish unpagurable pain – we all see things through our own eyes – which intriguates me.
I completely understand why Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. I love being frustrated by a good book, and that's what happens here. I love the feeling of going to a strange place. A few minor issues aside, I keep trying this book.
——Schmacko
03
Frog
This is a powerful, cruel and artistic book. The story ends with a play by Tadpole's late arrival, which adds an impressive color and ending to the novel.
——Tony
Mo Yan is an astonishing genius, he tells the story of small people in the world that cannot be told on his own, speaking for everyone, this consistent civilian perspective is respectable. ...... He stood on the side of the poor, on the side of the women, and spoke for them.
——Maya Stovskaya
04
"Fat Buttocks"
Mo Yan claimed: If you want, you can skip all my other novels, but you must read "Fat Buttocks". I wrote about history, war, politics, hunger, religion, love, and sex.
Although this is not entirely accurate, because his other works are also very worth reading, I will not refute him, he used words to create the most extraordinary heroes who survive in foreign environments. As an ardent follower of Mo Yan's literary works, when I open his book, I sometimes smile and sometimes my eyes are blurred with tears. I eagerly awaited the brave footsteps, striding meteorically from the thick sorghum stalks.
——Hail
Compared to Western literature, there is less character growth in the book, and these characters do not come alive from the paper vividly. But it depicts a broader picture of the times, with its sounds and smells, its periodic reversals somehow creating a vivid picture in the reader's mind. I like that this novel takes a different perspective on China's modern history and understands China's poor and uneducated masses.
——Arijen
05
"The Song of Heavenly Garlic"
This is probably one of Mo Yan's heaviest books, scenes that are both frightening and disgusting, where the characters lose their humanity but you have to admit it because they are your loved ones, there are bad and terrible things in this world, and the creators of these things are us.
I'd like to give Mo Yan a hug if these terrible stories are inspired by his personal experiences... He did need a hug.
Update: I just learned that "The Song of Garlic in Paradise" was written in 35 days. ...... incredible!
If you're a fan of Toni Morrison or Isabelle Allende, I can almost guarantee you'll love the book.
This is literature, great literature, and it is coming from China. Mo Yan is not only a writer from China, he is also a great world-class writer.
A great writer is showing you things you need to see, things you may have overlooked or refused to acknowledge. A great writer wants to say to you, I'll show you this, but I'm here and you're not alone.
And, after he's taken you through one realm after another made up of human bodily fluids, the great writer is there, in his stream-of-consciousness style, showing you how light falls on maple trees, like when the sun sets on the next ridge.
This is an extraordinary and powerful work of art.
——Julie
This kind of reading has no deliberate wording, no disguise, and will not prepare you for the content of the next page. Although it constantly describes horrors that I could not imagine, I could not put down the book: the life of a peasant, the imprisonment of a prison, the sense of powerlessness in despair in life, the endless hardships of every day. Heartbreaking lives are displayed nakedly, like a heartless museum curatorial exhibition, displayed there for us to see and consume. I can only imagine the courage to write this, or if I am just talking in my ivory tower again.
A shockingly good book, a difficult and arduous reading. I always read with a sense of guilt, which seemed to have a smell of ripe rot, like the smell of rotting garlic stalks that had been drenched in the sun and rain for too long.
"I'm not crying, I'm not crying."
——Mentalexotica
06
"Wine Country"
A parable about a man who holds absolute power and is completely dehumanizing, this novel is not for the faint of heart. I suggest you try reading this book, and if you can nibble on the shorter and more rational Jonathan Swift's A Little Advice, then you may be able to accept the cruelty of meat cooking in Mo Yan's Wine Country.
Wine Country is a wonderful work of magic realism literature, and its grim depiction of human exploitation and abuse of power is also typical.
Do I enjoy reading Mo Yan? yes
Do I respect his genius storytelling skills? yes
Is it possible for me to forget the content of this novel? No way.
——Lisa
Alcohol, soul, wine feast: elements of magic. They will form the dirtiest palaces, turn people an arm's throw away from the table into best friends, and prove that you are a real man. These realities are not only in China, all the places where it is said that the first thing a businessman needs is a beaten liver and stomach are the location of this fictional place "wine country".
It's hard not to go out and buy a bottle of wine when you read about the wonderful pleasures of drunkenness, followed by a terrible hangover that may make you want to swear never to touch the spirit again—two thoughts that grow stronger in Mo Yan's vivid storytelling, and the book is full of metaphors, like cockroaches on expired toast.
——Wulf
Finally, let's share Mr. Mo Yan's New Year's wishes!
Happy Year of the Tiger again!
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Say goodbye to troubles and say hi to happiness
Stable work Body temperature is normal
Normal body temperature and healthy life
When you go out, you will see the wind and water
There are books that are really rich and have nothing to do little immortals
The Year of the Tiger adds talent to sleep full of vitality
07
The heart is wide and the body is not fat, and the eye master is more intelligent
08
Yan Yan yu fei tiger tiger might
09
Hearts and minds are imprinted
10
Can afford to put it down Eat well and sleep sweetly
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