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HomeInMyShoes · 09-20-2011, 02:15 PM

I found the torture a bit disturbing, but I'd already been subjected to the boiling in oil references in Mo Yan's Life and Death are Wearing Me Out. I'm assuming that the afterlife and reincarnation stories have this as a fairly common theme.

I really liked the interweaving and I'm a big fan of the doubled chapter titles. They gave a nice sense of rhythm while reading.

09-20-2011, 02:15 PM	#5
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I found the torture a bit disturbing, but I'd already been subjected to the boiling in oil references in Mo Yan's Life and Death are Wearing Me Out. I'm assuming that the afterlife and reincarnation stories have this as a fairly common theme. I really liked the interweaving and I'm a big fan of the doubled chapter titles. They gave a nice sense of rhythm while reading.