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Big Breasts and Wide Hips

Name: Big Breasts and Wide Hips
Author: Mo Yan

Mo Yan Original title 丰乳肥臀 (1996)

Big Breasts and Wide Hips is a novel by Mo Yan. It won the Dajia Honghe Literature Prize in 1997. The book tells the story of a mother and her eight daughters and one son, and explores Chinese history through the 20th century.

“Where there's life, death is inevitable. Dying's easy; it's living that's hard. The harder it gets, the stronger the will to live. And the greater the fear of death, the greater the struggle to keep on living.”

Mo Yan book Big Breasts and Wide Hips

Source: Big Breasts and Wide Hips (1996)

“Are women really wonderful things? Maybe they are. Yes, women are wonderful things, but when all is said and done, they aren't really “things."”

Mo Yan book Big Breasts and Wide Hips

Big Breasts and Wide Hips (1996)

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