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The Literatures From Nobel Prize Winner - Mo Yan BSS060

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This powerful novel by Mo Yan—one of contemporary China’s most famous and prolific writers—is both a stirring love story and an unsparing critique of political corruption during the final years of the Qing Dynasty, China’s last imperial epoch. Sandalwood Death is set during the Boxer Rebellion (1898–1901)—an anti-imperialist struggle waged by North China’s farmers and craftsmen in opposition to Western influence. Against a broad historical canvas, the novel centers on the interplay between its female protagonist, Sun Meiniang, and the three paternal figures in her life. One of these men is her biological father, Sun Bing, an opera virtuoso and a leader of the Boxer Rebellion. As the bitter events surrounding the revolt unfold, we watch Sun Bing march toward his cruel fate, the gruesome “sandalwood punishment,” whose purpose, as in crucifixions, is to keep the condemned individual alive in mind-numbing pain as long as possible.Please view more details on each title in English.

《檀香刑》是作家莫言沥胆苦心磨砺出的长篇小说。在这部结构精巧、语色浓郁的作品中,真实地再现了清末山东半岛发生的一起民间反殖民的斗争事件。带头领导这起反殖民斗争的民间艺人孙丙最终被施以“檀香刑”。作品以“施刑”为主线,展示了中国王朝政治没落中的诸多惊心动魄的事件,包括戊戌变法、义和团、外国殖民者的强取豪夺等等。小说围绕着檀香刑的实施,将封建王权和权力斗争的残酷性和非人道性表现得淋漓尽致,也凸显了专制权力作用于个体上的历史机制,成功地折射出专制权力赖以存活的黑色土壤和阴暗法则。小说刻画了一大批鲜活的人物形象,富有浪漫气质的戏班班主孙丙、具有正义感的高密知县钱丁、从京城刑部大堂告老还乡的刽子手赵甲以及他们的女儿、干女儿、儿媳妇孙眉娘、残酷而狡猾的政客袁世凯等等。详细内容请参阅每本书的中文简介

Book Titles:
Sandalwood Death 檀香刑
Frog 蛙
Life and Death are Wearing Me Out 生死疲劳
Big Breasts and Wide Hips 丰乳肥臀
 

By Mo Yan, Paperback, Simplified Chinese Characters, 347-516 Pages/book, 6"x9"
 
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