| | chinese novelist offers a tour-de-force in which the real the absurd the comical ... and the tragic are blended into a fascinating read the hero or antihero ... and benevolence to his peasants and who in mao s land reform movement of 1948 was ... executed despite his protestations of innocence the novel opens in hell where lord yama ... ximen nao tortured endlessly trying to make him admit his guilt to no avail finally ... in disgust lord yama allows ximen nao to ... narrates 50 years of peasant history in china ending on the eve of the new ... print publicity campaign promotion incremental co-op web marketing · unquestionably mo ... yan is china s most important and influential novelist who tackles subjects and ... issues others fear to address · with china emerging as the new superpower of the ...
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