![]() ![]() The novel opens as a group of villagers led by Commander Yu, the narrator's grandfather, prepare to attack the advancing Japanese. Set in a region where the sorghum is grown, the tale's as much a family history as the story of a particular time and place-a place where the red sorghum, which ``forms a glittering sea of blood and is the traditional spirit of the region,'' is also a metaphor for change and loss. ![]() ![]() A member of the young ``root-seeking'' writers whose focus is the Chinese countryside, Mo Yan tells the story of three generations-simultaneously ``most heroic and most bastardly''-caught up in these turbulent years. Mo Yan's debut novel (and first US publication) was the basis of a 1988 Oscar-nominated film. A powerful new voice on the brutal unrest of rural China in the late 20's and 30's. ![]()
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