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The Gale

The Gale by Mo Yan, Chengliang Zhu and Ying-Hwa Hu

May 27, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Gale is a beautiful and sad story. It is also a unique story and the back story is as good, if not better, about how the inspiration came about. There was a lot of love that went into this story and creation of the book. Author Mo Yan, illustrator Chengliang Zhu, translator  Ying-Hwa Hu and adapter  Xiaoxiao Guan had their work cut out for them. This is a story that looks like it is going one way, but soon goes another. It blows around […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry Tagged With: Asia, Chengliang Zhu, family, Grandparent and child, Mo Yan, Mo Yan, Chengliang Zhu and Ying-Hwa Hu, Multigenerational, Social Themes, Ying-Hwa Hu

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:152 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry · Tags: Asia, Chengliang Zhu, family, Grandparent and child, Mo Yan, Mo Yan, Chengliang Zhu and Ying-Hwa Hu, Multigenerational, Social Themes, Ying-Hwa Hu ·
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    on “Maybe I just thought I was a nonviolent person because in my old life, nobody had ever backed me into a corner with a knife to my throat.”
    Yeah, they talked about it in the Live Chat they did in connection with the release (It's available on YouTube)....
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