num_pages: 378
description: A Chinese novel of family, myth and memory, set during the fratricidal barbarity of the 1930s, when China was at war with Japan and the rural landscape was unimaginably chaotic and violent. The award-winning author is a member of the cultural affairs department of the People's Liberation Army.
language: English
title: Red Sorghum
titlecomplete: Red Sorghum
characters: 奶奶, 余占鳌, 我, 豆官
genres: Fiction, Historical, Asia, China, Literature, Classics, Nobel Prize, Novels, Historical Fiction, Chinese Literature
ratings_count: 7418
places: China
publisher: William Heinemann Ltd