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Red sorghum penguin books, 1994 by mo yan is a historical novel that takes place in 192324 and the late thirties, during the war against japan. The acclaimed novel of love and resistance during late 1930s china by mo yan, winner of the 2012 nobel prize in literaturespanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty. His bestknown novels in the west include red sorghum, which was made into an awardwinning film. Made into a very successful film by jiang yimou, red sorghum is packed with action, killings, guns, policemen, backstabbing, survival after neardeath experiences, deeds of heroism and betrayal, and. Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty, as the chinese battle both japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s.

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