Change - What Was Communism? Series
Publisher:
Seagull Books
Publication:
10/2012
Languages:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9780857421609
Pages:
108
Sizes:
105 x 173mm
Weight:
0.1200
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In 'Change', Mo Yan, the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, personalizes the political and social changes in his country over the past few decades in this novella disguised as autobiography-or vice-versa. Unlike most historical narratives from China, which are pegged to political events, 'Change' is a representative of 'people's history,' a bottom-up rather than top-down view of a country in flux. By moving back and forth in time and focusing on small events and everyday people, Mo Yan breathes life into history by describing the effects of larger-than-life events on the average citizen.
