• 小说的主人公姑姑是一个十分复杂的人物。一方面，她是 一位优秀的助产士和妇产科医师，将数以千计健康的婴儿 接生到这个世界。另一方面，她也是一位忠诚的党员，是 计划生育政策的忠实执行者。（娲、娃、生殖图腾）
Red Sorghum 《红高粱家族》
• 《红高粱家族》中共有５个故事，展现了２０世 纪数十年的历史动荡，描述了土匪文化、日本侵 华以及贫苦农民的艰难处境。张艺谋电影《红高 粱》的剧本就基于这５个故事中的两个。
Big Breasts and Wide Hips 《丰乳肥臀》
• This novel is first and foremost about women. As the title implies, the female body serves as the book’s most important image and metaphor. • 这部小说首先是一部关于女性的作品。题目《丰 乳肥臀》代表女性身体，这是作品中最重要ife and Death are Wearing Me Out 《生死疲劳》
• The story begins in hell, where Lord Yama, king of the underworld, is examining a landowner named Ximen Nao, who was executed so that his land could be redistributed to peasants. Since Ximen will not admit any guilt, Yama punishes him back to his won farm, where he is reborn first as a donkey, then an ox, pig, dog and monkey. Through the perspectives of these animals, Ximen narrates 50 years of rural Chinese history.
The Garlic Ballads 《天堂蒜 薹之歌》
• 故事发生在天堂县。当地政府官员鼓励农民种植 蒜薹。但农民们没有想到的是，由于市场饱和， 蒜薹卖不出去。主人公们争吵、流血、低声下气。 小说描绘了人们的生活困境，但字里行间那股鲜 活的生命力，让故事从未堕入黑暗。
• 小说有力地展现了生活的残酷。同时，它也是一 个细致入微的关于爱的故事，它讲述了男女之爱， 父子之爱，朋友之爱，以及在困境面前为了维系 那份爱而做出的挣扎。
• Who wins the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature? • The prize is worth about RMB 7.49million. Mo Yan said he was “overjoyed and terrified ” at the news. 狂喜并惶恐
Big Breasts and Wide Hips 《丰乳肥臀》
• The protagonist, the Mother, has 9 children only one of whom is a boy, a spoiled and ineffectual child who stands in stark鲜明的 contrast to his 8 strong and forceful female siblings兄弟，姐妹. Mother is a strong woman, who risks her life to save the lives of her family. • 主人公是一位母亲，她养育了９个孩子，８女１男。男 孩娇生惯养、性格懦弱，这与他个性刚烈的姐姐们形成 了鲜明对比。坚强的母亲倾其一生拯救她的家庭。
• 故事的讲述从地狱开始，阎罗王正在审讯地主西门闹。西门闹土改 时被击毙，土地分给了农民。阴间的西门闹拒不认罪阎罗王于是让 他转世托生，变成他自家土地上的一头驴。后来他又一世为牛，一 世为猪，一世为狗，一世为猴。通过这些动物的视角，西门闹见证 了中国５０年的乡村史。
Frog 《蛙》
• This woman protagonist in this novel, the Aunt, is a complex character. On the one hand, as a brilliant midwife助产士 and gynecologist, Aunt brings thousands of healthy babies into the world. On the other hand, as a loyal Communist Party member, she faithfully defends the family planning policy.