Mo Yan in Context: Nobel Laureate and Global Storyteller

In 2012 the Swedish Academy announced that Mo Yan had received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work that ?with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history, and the contemporary.? The announcement marked the first time a resident of mainland China had ever received the award. This is the first English-language study of the Chinese writer?s work and influence, featuring essays from scholars in a range of disciplines, from both China and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557536813
• ISBN13: 9781557536815
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"