Howard Goldblatt, Big Breasts and Wide Hips

• Translation of Mo Yan's novel Fengru Feitun

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Lupke, Christopher

• This is a review of the translation of Mo Yan's epic novel Fengru Feitun by Howard Goldblatt as Big Breasts and Wide Breasts. Lupke examines both the structure and theme of the novel as well as the quality of Goldblatt's translation. He also compares Mo Yan's writing to that of James Joyce, William Faulkner, and Charles Dickens.

• Date created

  2005-01-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Mo Yan; Big Breasts and Wide Hips; Howard Goldblatt;
  • seeking roots (xungen);
  • magical realism;
  • editing;
  • cultural critique; experimental language;
  • William Faulkner; Jerzy Kosinski.

• Type of Item

  Review

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-p067-ne78

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International