Change

by Mo Yan

Book Overview

In Change , Mo Yan, the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, personalizes the political and social changes in his country over the past few decades in this novella disguised as autobiography--or vice-versa. Unlike most historical narratives from China, which are pegged to political events, Change is a representative of "people's history," a bottom-up rather than top-down view of a country in flux. By moving back and forth in time and focusing on small...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857421603
• ISBN13: 9780857421609
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.9"