![]() ![]() Told as a first person narrative, this tale betrays the nationalism, racism, and sexism of that fictional narrator, permanently marked by his times and traumatic heritage. ![]() ![]() Red Sorghum is at least a work of historical fiction. For someone who might not be at least superficially familiar with the appalling conditions of these two wars of attrition fought upon a countryside already devastated by poverty and organized crime, it might appear that this book contains far too much gratuitous horror.īut for someone like Mo Yan, who was born and raised in Shandong Province (completely taken over by Japan), it might constitute family memory and cultural history. This brutal invasion occurred coincidentally within the 23 years of the Chinese Civil War (1927~1950). For about eight years (1937~1945), northeastern China was occupied by Japan. ![]()
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