The Resource Big breasts & wide hips : a novel, Mo Yan ; [English-language translation by Howard Goldblatt]
Big breasts & wide hips : a novel, Mo Yan ; [English-language translation by Howard Goldblatt]
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- Summary
- "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"--Page 4 of cover
- Language
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- eng
- chi
- eng
- Label
- Big breasts & wide hips : a novel
- Title
- Big breasts & wide hips
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Mo Yan ; [English-language translation by Howard Goldblatt]
- Title variation
- Big breasts and wide hips
- Subject
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- China
- China -- 20th century -- Fiction
- China -- History -- 20th century
- China -- Social life and customs -- 1912-1949
- China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Manners and customs
- Women
- Women -- China -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Women -- China -- Fiction. -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Language
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- eng
- chi
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--Page 4 of cover
- Awards note
- "2012 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"--Cover.
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mo, Yan
- Dewey number
- 895.1/352
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- In English; translated from Chinese
- LC call number
- PL2886.O1684
- LC item number
- F3813 2012
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Goldblatt, Howard
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- China
- China
- Manners and customs
- Women
- China
- Women
- China
- China
- Label
- Big breasts & wide hips : a novel, Mo Yan ; [English-language translation by Howard Goldblatt]
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn746296436
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 532 pages
- Isbn
- 9781611453430
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781611453430
- (OCoLC)746296436
- Label
- Big breasts & wide hips : a novel, Mo Yan ; [English-language translation by Howard Goldblatt]
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn746296436
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 532 pages
- Isbn
- 9781611453430
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781611453430
- (OCoLC)746296436
Subject
- China
- China -- 20th century -- Fiction
- China -- History -- 20th century
- China -- Social life and customs -- 1912-1949
- China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Manners and customs
- Women
- Women -- China -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Women -- China -- Fiction. -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
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