Mo Yan was born in 1956 and is a native of Shandong, China. The author of several novels including Red Sorghum (made into the internationally acclaimed feature film), dozens of novellas, and numerous short stories, he has won virtually every national literary prize and is the most highly praised Chinese writer of his generation. Mo Yan's story collection 'Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh' and his most recent novel 'Big Breasts and Wide Hips' are also available from Methuen.

"* 'Mo Yan deserves a place in world literature... His voice will find its way into the heart of the reader, just as Kundera and Garcia Marquez have' - Amy Tan * 'If I were to choose a Nobel laureate, it would be Mo Yan' - Kenzaburo Oe, 1994 Nobel Laureate for Literature * 'Raw, brilliant, eventful... A tale full of seething vitality' - New York Times"

Mo Yan was born in 1956 and is a native of Shandong, China. The author of several novels including Red Sorghum (made into the internationally acclaimed feature film), dozens of novellas, and numerous short stories, he has won virtually every national literary prize and is the most highly praised Chinese writer of his generation. Mo Yan's story collection 'Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh' and his most recent novel 'Big Breasts and Wide Hips' are also available from Methuen.

"* 'Mo Yan deserves a place in world literature... His voice will find its way into the heart of the reader, just as Kundera and Garcia Marquez have' - Amy Tan * 'If I were to choose a Nobel laureate, it would be Mo Yan' - Kenzaburo Oe, 1994 Nobel Laureate for Literature * 'Raw, brilliant, eventful... A tale full of seething vitality' - New York Times"