To Live: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0307429792
- ISBN-13
- 9780307429797
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-12-18
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- Yu Hua
Description
From the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words: this celebrated contemporary classic of Chinese literature was also adapted for film by Zhang Yimou. This searing novel, originally banned in China but later named one of that nation’s most influential books, portrays one man’s transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant. After squandering his family’s fortune in gambling dens and brothels, the young, deeply penitent Fugui settles down to do the honest work of a farmer. Forced by the Nationalist Army to leave behind his family, he witnesses the horrors and privations of the Civil War, only to return years later to face a string of hardships brought on by the ravages of the Cultural Revolution. Left with an ox as the companion of his final years, Fugui stands as a model of gritty authenticity, buoyed by his appreciation for life in this narrative of humbling power.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2020-10-01
- 218 pages
- Paperback
- Vertebrate Publishing
Similar books
-
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
By Sarah BakewellReaders come in search of companionship, wisdom and entertainment—and in search of themselves. This book, a spirited and singular biography, relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored.
-
Design to Live: Everyday Inventions from a Refugee Camp
By Azra Akšamija, Raafat Majzoub, Melina PhilippouThis book shows how, even in the most difficult conditions--forced displacement, trauma, and struggle--design can help create a life worth living.
-
A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last
By Stephen LevineLevine provides us with a year-long program of intensely practical strategies and powerful guided meditations to help with this work, so that whenever the ultimate moment does arrive for each of us, we will not feel that it has come too ...
-
Live: remain alive, be alive at a specified time, have an exciting or fulfilling life
By Sadie Robertson HuffTo be alive is something that happens to you, but to truly live is something you choose to do each day. As Sadie says, "When you truly learn to live the life God offers, your whole existence becomes a verb.
-
Something to Live for
By Richard RoperPreviously published as How Not to Die Alone Smart, darkly funny, and life-affirming, for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Something to Live For is the bighearted debut novel we all need, a story about love, loneliness, and the ...
-
Daring to Live: How the Power of Sisterhood and Taking Risks Can Jump-Start Your Joy
By Sheri Hunter"Daring to Live is inspirational and deserves to be a bestseller."--Jack Canfield, coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and The Success Principles "Sheri Hunter illustrates the power of faith, overcoming fear, and living free.
-
How to Live Like a Samurai Warrior
By John FarndonEnglish sailor William Adams, who was stranded in Japan in 1600, was one of the few foreigners ever to become a samurai. He was known as Miura Anjin. 10 Samurai in their armor. might But ...
-
30 Days to Live
By Anntionette Talley... life without feeling disgruntled or feeling trapped. Nine times out of ten this is your God given assignment in the earth and the ultimate key to your success. It is what you were created to do. What ... to living a successful Are you happy?
-
How to Live an Optimal Life
By Anthony EkanemHence, when we speak about optimal living, this is the first point that we need to tackle. ... For some, the absence of any disease spells good health. ... This clearly shows one thing – we need good health to be able to earn money.
-
The House I Used to Live In
By Joseph GlassI thought of those hot spring nights when I would stand outside Gabrielle's window and see her framed in the golden light, hair still wet from her shower, shoulders bare, eyes full of yearning. Until the light went out of its own accord ...