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Big breasts and wide hips a Novel

"In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women, with the female body serving as the book's central metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900 and married at seventeen into the Shangguan family. She has nine children, only one of whom is a boy -- the narrator of the book. A spoiled and ineffectual child, he stands in stark contrast to his eight strong and forceful female siblings. Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman who risks her life to save several of her children and grandchildren. The writing is picturesque, bawdy, shocking, and imaginative. The structure draws on the essentials of classical Chinese formalism and injects them with extraordinarily raw and surprising prose. Each of the seven chapters represents a different time period, from the end of the Qing dynasty up through the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years."

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  • "Shirokiĭ zad"
  • "Big breasts and wide hips"@en
  • "Big breasts and wide hips"
  • "Широкий зад"
  • "Big breasts & wide hips"
  • "Bolʹshai︠a︡ grudʹ"
  • "Feng ru fei tun"@it
  • "Большая грудь"

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  • "China's most important contemporary literary voice delivers a portrait of twentieth-century China full of historical sweep and earthy exuberance.In his latest novel, Mo Yan--arguably China's most important contemporary literary voice--recreates the historical sweep and earthy exuberance of his much acclaimed novel Red Sorghum. In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women, with the female body serving as the book's central metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900 and married at seventeen into the Shangguan family. She has nine children, only one of whom is a boy--the narrator of the book. A spoiled and ineffectual child, he stands in stark contrast to his eight strong and forceful female siblings.Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman who risks her life to save several of her children and grandchildren. The writing is picturesque, bawdy, shocking, and imaginative. The structure draws on the essentials of classical Chinese formalism and injects them with extraordinarily raw and surprising prose. Each of the seven chapters represents a different time period, from the end of the Qing dynasty up through the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years. Now in a beautifully bound collectors edition, this stunning novel is Mo Yan's searing vision of twentieth-century China."
  • "La 4è de couverture indique :"Jintong, né après huit soeurs, est l'Enfant d'Or de sa mère. Autour de lui, la Chine rurale est confrontée à l'invasion japonaise, au maoïsme et enfin au néo-capitalisme sauvage. Fort heureusement, Jintong, affligé d'un amour obsessionnel du sein maternel et des fesses des jolies filles, vit ces tragédies avec un certain recul...""
  • "En un país de opresión, múltiples injusticias y evidente dominación masculina, Mo Yan exalta la figura y el cuerpo femenino. La protagonista, Shangguan Lu, una férrea superviviente que da a luz a ocho niñas hasta conseguir al deseado varón que hará perpetuar la estirpe, arriesga su vida en diferentes ocasiones para salvar la de sus hijos y nietos en medio del caos, de las guerras y las penurias de la violenta sociedad china del último siglo. Sola, con escasa ayuda y sometida a la agitación política del feudalismo o de la era maoísta, Madre, que fue obligada a crecer con los pies vendados y a casarse con un herrero estéril, representa el homenaje del autor a la resistencia y al universo femenino. El carácter y temperamento de Shangguan Lu y de sus hijas contrasta con el del único varón de la familia -y también el narrador de la historia- el pequeño y mimado Jintong quien, lactante hasta la adolescencia, vive ensimismado con el seno femenino, una imagen que se condensa en esta obra épica, cómica y trágica a un tiempo, como la verdadera realidad china."
  • "L'histoire de la Chine du XXe siècle à travers la vie de Shangguan Lushi et de ses huit filles."
  • ""Une poitrine opulente, un derrière large", roman long de Mo Yan (1955- ), achevé en 1995."
  • ""In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women, with the female body serving as the book's central metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900 and married at seventeen into the Shangguan family. She has nine children, only one of whom is a boy -- the narrator of the book. A spoiled and ineffectual child, he stands in stark contrast to his eight strong and forceful female siblings. Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman who risks her life to save several of her children and grandchildren. The writing is picturesque, bawdy, shocking, and imaginative. The structure draws on the essentials of classical Chinese formalism and injects them with extraordinarily raw and surprising prose. Each of the seven chapters represents a different time period, from the end of the Qing dynasty up through the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years.""@en
  • "Jintong, his mother, and his eight sisters struggle to survive through the major crises of twentieth century China, which include civil war, invasion by the Japanese, the cultural revolution, and communist rule in the new China."
  • "Jintong, his mother, and his eight sisters struggle to survive through the major crises of twentieth century China, which include civil war, invasion by the Japanese, the cultural revolution, and communist rule in the new China."@en
  • ""In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women. As the title implies, the female body serves as the book's most important image and metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900. Married at seventeen into the Shangguan family, she has nine children, none by her husband, who is sterile. The youngest is her only boy, the narrator of the book, a spoiled and ineffectual child who stands in stark contrast to his headstrong and forceful sisters. Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman, constantly risking her life to save several of her children and grandchildren as the political tides shift dramatically from year to year. ... Each of the seven chapters recounts a different era, from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 through the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the early years of Sun Yat Sen's Republic, the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years"--P. [4] of cover."@en
  • ""In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women, with the female body serving as the book's central metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900 and married at seventeen into the Shangguan family. She has nine children, only one of whom is a boy -- the narrator of the book. A spoiled and ineffectual child, he stands in stark contrast to his eight strong and forceful female siblings. Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman who risks her life to save several of her children and grandchildren. The writing is picturesque, bawdy, shocking, and imaginative. The structure draws on the essentials of classical Chinese formalism and injects them with extraordinarily raw and surprising prose. Each of the seven chapters represents a different time period, from the end of the Qing dynasty up through the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years." --P. [4] of cover."@en
  • "In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women, with the female body serving as the book's central metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900 and married at seventeen into the Shangguan family. She has nine children, only one of whom is a boy - the narrator of the book. A spoiled and ineffectual child, he stands in stark contrast to his eight strong and forceful female siblings. Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman who risks her life to save several of her children and grandchildren. Each of the seven chapters represents a different time period, from the end of the Qing dynasty up through the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years."

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  • "Novel·la xinesa"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Čínské romány"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Chinese language edition (Traditional)"
  • "China"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Roman chinois"
  • "Translations"
  • "Translations"@en
  • "History"
  • "Text"
  • "Powieść chińska"@pl
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Chinese fiction"

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  • "Big breasts and wide hips a Novel"@en
  • "Big breasts & wide hips : a novel"@en
  • "Obfite piersi, pełne biodra"
  • "Obfite piersi, pełne biodra"@pl
  • "Big breasts and wide hips : a novel"
  • "Grandes pechos amplias caderas"
  • "Bolʹshai︠a︡ grudʹ, shirokiĭ zad : [roman]"
  • "豐乳肥臀. [下]"
  • "丰乳肥臀"
  • "豐乳肥臀"
  • "Big breasts & wide hips"@en
  • "Big breasts & wide hips"
  • "Beaux seins, belles fesses : les enfants de la famille Shangguan : roman"
  • "Grandes pechos, amplias caderas"
  • "Grandes pechos, amplias caderas"@es
  • "Feng ru fei tun. [Xia]"
  • "Большая грудь, широкий зад : [роман]"
  • "Feng ru fei tun"
  • "Beaux seins, belles fesses : les enfants de la famille Shangguan ; roman"
  • "Beaux seins, belles fesses les enfants de la famille Shangguan"
  • "Hōnyū hiden"
  • "Honyu hiden"
  • "Feng ru Fei tum"
  • "Fengru feitun"
  • "Store bryster og brede hofter"
  • "Big breasts and wide hips a novel"@en
  • "Big breasts and wide hips a novel"
  • "豊乳肥臀"
  • "Beaux seins belles fesses : les enfants de la famille Shangguan"
  • "Krev a mlíko"
  • "豐乳肥臀. [上]"
  • "Feng ru fei tun. [Shang]"
  • "Big Breasts and Wide Hips"
  • "Grande seno, fianchi larghi"@it
  • "Grande seno, fianchi larghi"
  • "Big breasts and wide hips"
  • "Beaux seins, belles fesses : les enfants de la famille Shangguan"

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