A nova literatura chinesa: Lume

by Mo Yan, Liang Xiaosheng, Dongxia Qingqing

Este livro oferece ao público brasileiro uma entrada privilegiada no vasto universo do imaginário literário chinês. Em tempos de crescente aproximação entre as duas nações, a arte da palavra reafirma seu papel na construção de pontes subjetivas. LUME constitui, portanto, um passo importante para conhecer a China de hoje através de suas histórias, consolidando um intercâmbio cultural que promete ser fértil e duradouro. Dentre os vários autores, o premiado com o Nobel de Literatura Mo Yan.

339 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 5, 2026

About the author

Modern Chinese author, in the western world most known for his novel Red Sorghum (which was turned into a movie by the same title). Often described as the Chinese Franz Kafka or Joseph Heller.

Mo Yan (莫言) is a pen name and means don't speak. His real name is Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè).

He has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 for his work which "with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary". Among the works highlighted by the Nobel judges were Red Sorghum (1987) and Big Breasts & Wide Hips (2004), as well as The Garlic Ballads.

Chinese version: 莫言