Big Breasts and Wide Hips: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1611453437
- ISBN-13
- 9781611453430
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 532
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-04
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
- Author
- Mo Yan
Description
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.
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