From the prize committee press release:
"Through a mixture of fantasy and reality, historical and social perspectives, Mo Yan has created a world reminiscent in its complexity of those in the writings of William Faulkner and Gabriel García Márquez, at the same time finding a departure point in old Chinese literature and in oral tradition. In addition to his novels, Mo Yan has published many short stories and essays on various topics, and despite his social criticism is seen in his homeland as one of the foremost contemporary authors."
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2012/yan.html
For more information, read The New York Times piece:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/12/books/nobel-literature-prize.html
I am calling for the help of those who have read one or more of Mo Yan's books. With which book to start if I want to get an impression of this writer: http://andreasmoser.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/the-mo-yan-poll/ ?
ReplyDeleteI've not yet read any of his books, but his most well-known novel seems to be Red Sorghum, published in 1993. His most recent novel, Frog, has yet to be translated into English.
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