Mo Yan, trans. from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt. Viking, $23.50 (368p) ISBN 978-0-670-84402-9 In the way that Chinese landscape painting reshapes the viewer's perspective by offering not one ...

books, and forums. His parents, recognizing his passion, transformed their living room into a makeshift rocket laboratory. In a remarkable feat, Yan successfully built and launched his first solid ...

Mr Wu claims that Mr Mo's books smeared the ruling Communist ... "Stay away from those around you who support suing Mo Yan," wrote one commenter. "Sooner or later, they will turn around and ...