Quon sy does however not mistaken, the novel Chinese writer Mo Yan River is not erotic book or other work of this kind (like my companion thought innocently watching my emails over my shoulder, that'll teach him, like) . This vast family saga begins in 1938 in the village of Dalan with the birth of little Shangguan Jintong, a birth which is placed under the sign of demblée chaos and misfortune, puisquelle occurs exactly when Japanese troops invaded his native canton . Ninth child of eight siblings dune girls Jintong meets the ardent wishes of his mother and his father, who he fact that will not benefit nen moon of the first victims to fall under the blows of "Japanese devils" for their entry into Dalan.
Alas, the small Jintong hardly prove themselves up to the family expectations: coward, whiny, devoid of will and dintelligence, morbidly obsessed with the womb that he suckle until an advanced age, it turns unable to support himself and at more so than those of the siblings Shangguan which he became head of the family. There remain eight sisters and his indomitable mother, nine women of strong character and well-tempered will, failing to possess a lot of gumption. For if, in Shangguan, men are wimps, women on whom they hold! Fitted with beautiful breasts and nice bum, as stated so well the title of the novel, this is they who are the heart and soul of the Shangguan family and will fight for it to stay afloat despite countless changes that will cross China from 1938 to the present days: Japanese invasion, World War, Cultural Revolution, many bullshit economic reforms, etc.
At the first reading of "Tits, beautiful buttocks" Mo Yan, no sétonne of laccueil icy that it has received to its output in China in 1995. Through the many vagaries of life of the poor Jintong and especially those of her sisters, the Chinese novelist paints a scathing portrait of contemporary China. With black humor, verve and a sense labsurde he returned merrily in the blubber of official history and takes us on an adventure with many twists and turns, where tears and laughter come together regularly. Never condescending or contemptuous, he also makes finely tribute to a certain part of the Chinese population, which suffers and barely whatever regimes that dominate, but still manages to survive the hardships and injustices of which it is watered. If the misfortunes of the main character, real mollusk, lend themselves more to laugh Quà cry, her mother's character affects us much more: small woman discreet courage and determination without limits, ready for any sacrifice to allow his innumerable brood (which will soon senrichir dune slew of bulky fine son and grandchildren) to survive.
Gritting and funny at once, "Tits, beautiful buttocks" is a satirical novel of great wealth. Despite its impressive size and sometimes a few laps, he reads very easily and turns out a great way to discover pleasantly history of contemporary China.
