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A review by daneekasghost
POW! by Mo Yan
3.0
There's a lot going on in this book, I could imagine this being a great choice for a literature study - to put all of this together, the unreliable narrator, the clearly symbolic passages (even though I'm sure I didn't catch most of them), it takes quite a bit of ability. I wasn't ever blown away by the writing itself, but the structure of the book was impressive.
Consumption seemed to be the main theme, particularly as it relates to modern China's society. At one point, the narrator debates whether to become a deity or a demon, and I think that would be an interesting discussion to have.
It wasn't really a fun book to read, I don't think that was the goal of the author, but while it was impressive, I'm not sure I got enough out of it to make this a rave review. Glad I read it, but I'm not sure if I'll seek out more of Yan's work.
Consumption seemed to be the main theme, particularly as it relates to modern China's society. At one point, the narrator debates whether to become a deity or a demon, and I think that would be an interesting discussion to have.
It wasn't really a fun book to read, I don't think that was the goal of the author, but while it was impressive, I'm not sure I got enough out of it to make this a rave review. Glad I read it, but I'm not sure if I'll seek out more of Yan's work.