Bolʹsha︠i︡a grudʹ, shirokiĭ zad : [roman]

Resource Information

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Label

Bolʹsha︠i︡a grudʹ, shirokiĭ zad : [roman]

Title remainder

[roman]

Statement of responsibility

Mo ︠I︡Anʹ ; [per. s kit., primech. I. Egorova]

Title variation

• Bolʹsha︠i︡a grudʹ
• Shirokiĭ zad
• Big breasts and wide hips

Creator

• Mo, Yan, 1955-

Contributor

• Egorov, I. A.

Author

• Mo, Yan, 1955-

Translator

• Egorov, I. A.

Subject

• China -- 20th century -- Fiction
• China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Nobel Prizes
• Women -- China -- 20th century -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction

Language

• rus
• chi
• rus

Summary

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. Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman who risks her life to save several of her children and grandchildren. 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

Member of

• Feng ru fei tun

Awards note

• Dajia Honghe Literature Prize in 1997.
• Nobelevska︠i︡a premi︠i︡a 2012.

Cataloging source

CO2

Index

no index present

Intended audience

18+

Language note

Translated from the Chinese

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult