Big Breasts and Wide Hips by Mo Yan

Big Breasts and Wide Hips

Mo Yan

The epic sweep of 'War and Peace', the detailed observation of Jane Austen, the caustic humour of Tom Sharpe's South Africa novels and the style of a Henry James - all in one book. And Shangguan Jintong, the hero, is obsessed with breasts, breastfeeding and a goat's teats. Indescribable, so you just have to read it.

Extract
In the food market, Fang Meihua, the widow of Zhao the Sixth, was anxiously frying stuffed buns in a flat-bottomed wok. Her son and daughter sat on a straw mat with a blanket wrapped around them, their four eyes rolling nonstop.
Parallels
  • Wild Swans by Jung Chang
  • Six Black Candles by Des Dillon
  • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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Violence
Explicit sexual content