by Mo Yan · El Aleph Editores, S.A. · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788476691731
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Red Sorghum is a novel by Chinese author Mo Yan, published in 1992. The story is set in Shandong Province during the Sino-Japanese War and tells the life of three generations of a family through memories and legends. The novel explores themes such as war, family, memory, and Chinese identity, with a narrative style that mixes realism and fantastic elements.
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".
