To Live
by:
Yu Hua (author)
Michael Berry (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781400031863 (1400031869)
Publish date: August 26th 2003
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 250
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
China,
Chinese Literature
I was surprised to see that Yu Hua wrote this. My first and most lasting impression of Yu Hua is The Past and the Punishments, an excruciatingly gruesome novel with poignant political commentary. Though set against the backdrop of Nationalist and then Communist takeover of China, To Live isn't sur...