Chinese Nobel laureate Mo Yan publishes new novel

"A Late Bloomer," Mo Yan's first novel after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012, was recently published by People's Literature Publishing House.

Breaking the boundary between reality and fantasy, Mo Yan sets the spotlight on ordinary people, and depicts life after winning the Nobel prize with 12 separate stories in his new book.

Mo Yan is a prolific novelist. His well-known books include "Red Sorghum," "Frog," and "Big Breasts and Wide Hips." Some of his works have been translated into foreign languages to reach a wider audience. Enditem