![]() ![]() The officials are corrupt and brutal but so, it appears, are many others. All the major characters suffer terribly, with regular beatings, imprisonment and violent death the norm. This book follows the same pattern, with one difference. However, somehow our hero(s)/heroine(s) pull through. Though the Cultural Revolution is over, the peasants are still controlled by the local government officials and police, who are generally corrupt, brutal and arbitrary. ![]() Life is hard, with alcohol and/or sex the only outlets. They are set in Northeast Gaorni Township, a rural part of China, where most of the population are peasants engaged in agriculture, often with a single crop such as garlic or sorghum. ![]() If you have read any of Mo Yan’s later books, you will have an idea what to expect in many of them. Home » China » Mo Yan » 天堂蒜薹之歌 (The Garlic Ballads) Mo Yan: 天堂蒜薹之歌 (The Garlic Ballads) ![]()
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