Life and Death are Wearing Me Out
内容简介
Today’s most revered, feared, and controversial Chinese novelist offers a tour de force in which the real, the absurd, the comical, and the tragic are blended into a fascinating read. The hero—or antihero—of Mo Yan’s new novel is Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his benevolence to his peasants. His story is a deliriously unique journey and absolutely riveting tale that reveals the author’s love of a homeland beset by ills inevitable, political, and traditional.
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作者简介
Mo Yan has published dozens of short stories and novels in Chinese. His other English-language works include The Garlic Ballads, The Republic of Wine, Shifu: You'll Do Anything for a Laugh, Big Breasts & Wide Hips, and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out. Howard Goldblatt is research professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame. Founding editor of Modern Chinese Literature, he has contributed essays and articles to the Washington Post, Times of London, TIME, World Literature Today, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications.
Howard Goldblatt taught modern Chinese literature and culture for more than a quarter of a century. He is the foremost translator of modern and contemporary Chinese literature in the West and a former Guggenheim Fellow.
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读书文摘
极度夸张的语言是极度虚伪的社会的反映，而暴力的语言是社会暴行的前驱。
“可你走在人民公社的大街上。”洪泰岳低手指指地，抬手指指天，冷冷地说，“可你还呼吸着人民公社的空气，还照着人民公社的阳光。” “没有人民公社之前，这条大街就有，没有人民公社之前，就有空气和阳光。”我的主人说，“这些，是老天爷送给每个人、每个动物的，你们人民公社无权独占！”
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