Explosions And Other Stories

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1. Mo Yan deftly illuminates the humanity, resilience and complexity of China in these beautiful yet torturous short stories. This book was a brilliant travel companion through China; so evocatively bringing to light the desires and struggles waged across a land by its inhabitants. In the circumstances of travelling, I find it is difficult to get a feel for the everyday reality of a place, and yet the characters in each of these short stories are each such a brilliant portrayal of a different aspec [...]

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