Mo Yan is one of the most renowned contemporary writers in the Chinese language. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012, making him the first writer from mainland China to receive the award. Mo Yan currently serves as vice chair of the Chinese Writers' Association. His novel, 'Big Breasts, Wide Butt,' chronicles the life of a sexually powerful, prolific, and wise woman from the late Qing dynasty to the post-Mao era, and is sure to captivate anyone who opens it. This story of one family explores the ups and downs of 20th-century China, the fortitude of ordinary women, and reveals the underbelly of communist society.