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Big Breasts & Wide Hips
AuthorMo Yan
Original title丰乳肥臀
TranslatorHoward Goldblatt
LanguageChinese
Publication date
1996
Publication placeChina
Published in English
2005
Media typePrint
OCLC59544313

Big Breasts and Wide Hips is a novel by Mo Yan. It won 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.

Characters

  • Shangguan Lushi, the mother
  • Shangguan Laidi, Eldest Sister, daughter of Mother and Big Paw. Married to Sha Yueliang. Mother of Sha Zaohua.
  • Shangguan Zhaodi, Second Sister, daughter of Mother and Big Paw. Married to Sima Ku. Mother of twins, Sima Feng and Sima Huang.
  • Shangguan Lingdi, Third Sister, also known as Bird Fairy. Daughter of Mother and a peddler of ducks. First wife of Speechless Sun. Mother of Big Mute and Little Mute.
  • Shangguan Xiangdi
  • Shangguan Pandi
  • Shangguan Niandi
  • Shangguan Qiudi
  • Shangguan Yunü
  • Shangguan Jintong