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100 1 a| Mo, Yan,d| 1955-e| author.=| ^A771588;

240 10 a| Feng ru fei tun.l| English=| ^A1137781;

245 10 a| Big breasts & wide hips :b| a novel /c| Mo Yan ; [English-language translation by Howard Goldblatt].;

246 3 a| Big breasts and wide hips;

300 a| xiv, 532 pages ;c| 23 cm;

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546 a| In English; translated from Chinese.;

586 a| "2012 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"--Cover.;

520 a| "In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women. As the title implies, the female body serves as the book's most important image and metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900. Married at seventeen into the Shangguan family, she has nine children, none by her husband, who is sterile. The youngest is her only boy, the narrator of the book, a spoiled and ineffectual child who stands in stark contrast to his headstrong and forceful sisters. Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman, constantly risking her life to save several of her children and grandchildren as the political tides shift dramatically from year to year. ... Each of the seven chapters recounts a different era, from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 through the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the early years of Sun Yat Sen's Republic, the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years"--P. [4] of cover.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

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Big breasts & wide hips : a novel / Mo Yan ; [English-language translation by Howard Goldblatt].

Author/creator	Mo, Yan, 1955- author.
Other author	Goldblatt, Howard, 1939- translator.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Arcade Publishing, ©2012.
Description	xiv, 532 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects	Women--China. --20th century. --Fiction. China--20th century. --Fiction. China--Social life and customs. --20th century. --Fiction.

Uniform title	Feng ru fei tun. English
Variant title	Big breasts and wide hips
Abstract	"In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women. As the title implies, the female body serves as the book's most important image and metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900. Married at seventeen into the Shangguan family, she has nine children, none by her husband, who is sterile. The youngest is her only boy, the narrator of the book, a spoiled and ineffectual child who stands in stark contrast to his headstrong and forceful sisters. Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman, constantly risking her life to save several of her children and grandchildren as the political tides shift dramatically from year to year. ... Each of the seven chapters recounts a different era, from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 through the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the early years of Sun Yat Sen's Republic, the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years"--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Language	In English; translated from Chinese.
Awards note	"2012 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"--Cover.
Related Item	Translation of: Mo, Yan, 1955- Feng ru fei tun. Di 1 ban. Shanghai : Shanghai wen yi chu ban she, 2012 9787532142750
ISBN	9781611453430 (pbk.)
ISBN	1611453437 (pbk.)

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