by Mo Yan · Kailas Editorial, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788489624269
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In a country marked by oppression and male domination, Mo Yan exalts the feminine figure through the story of Shangguan Lu, a resilient woman who gives birth to eight daughters before having the desired male. Shangguan Lu risks her life to protect her children and grandchildren amidst the chaos and difficulties of last century's Chinese society. Alone and subjected to political turmoil, she represents a tribute to resistance and the feminine universe.
Mo Yan, born Guan Moye, is a Chinese writer. He gained attention for his 1984 novella, A Transparent Radish, and rose to international fame for his 1986 novel Red Sorghum, the first two parts of which were adapted into the Golden Bear-winning film Red Sorghum (1988). In 2012, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work which "with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".
