An anthology of 8 novellas and short stories by the 2012 Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan. The Yellow-haired Baby, Explosions and The Crystal Carrot are also included in this anthology published in the 1980’s. Mo Yan has won numerous awards including the 2005 Kiriyama Prize Notable Books for Big Breasts and Wide Hips, which was also nominated for the Man Asian Literary Prize. He is most famous in the West as the writer of Red Sorghum, the 1987 award winning film directed by Zhang Yimou.