{"product_id":"big-breasts-and-wide-hips-9781611453430","title":"Big Breasts and Wide Hips","description":"In his latest novel, Mo Yan--arguably China's most important contemporary literary voice--recreates the historical sweep and earthy exuberance of his much acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eRed Sorghum\u003c\/i\u003e. 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, with the female body serving as the book's central metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900 and married at seventeen into the Shangguan family. She has nine children, only one of whom is a boy--the narrator of the book. A spoiled and ineffectual child, he stands in stark contrast to his eight strong and forceful female siblings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman who risks her life to save several of her children and grandchildren. The writing is picturesque, bawdy, shocking, and imaginative. The structure draws on the essentials of classical Chinese formalism and injects them with extraordinarily raw and surprising prose. Each of the seven chapters represents a different time period, from the end of the Qing dynasty up through the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years. Now in a beautifully bound collectors edition, this stunning novel is Mo Yan's searing vision of twentieth-century China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-377101\"\u003eMo Yan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.22w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611453430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611453437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC008000\"\u003eSagas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Goldblatt\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese fiction from mainland China and Taiwan, including Nobel Prize-winner Mo Yan, five of whose works are published by Arcade (\u003ci\u003eThe Garlic Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Republic of Wine\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBig Breasts and Wide Hips\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLife and Death Are Wearing Me Out; Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh\u003c\/i\u003e). He has also translated works by Liu Zhenyun (\u003ci\u003eI Did Not Kill My Husband\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRemembering 1942\u003c\/i\u003e, which are published by Arcade), Huang Chunming (\u003ci\u003eThe Taste of Apples\u003c\/i\u003e), and Chen Ruoxi (\u003ci\u003eThe Execution of Mayor Yin\u003c\/i\u003e). He taught modern Chinese literature and culture for more than a quarter of a century. He lives in Lafayette, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48463374156013,"sku":"9781611453430","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_7db45494-ec31-4c00-9db8-95331f58fa52.jpg?v=1753722443","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/big-breasts-and-wide-hips-9781611453430","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}