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Yu Hua (simplified Chinese: 余华; traditional Chinese: 余華; pinyin: Yú Huá; born April 3, 1960) is a Chinese author, widely considered the foremost writer of avant-garde fiction and one of the greatest living authors in China.
Feb 4, 2022 · Complete guide to the work and life of the Chinese writer Yu Hua author of two of the most popular modern Chinese literature novels Brothers and Live. Skip to content Sapore di Cina
To Live (simplified Chinese: 活着; traditional Chinese: 活著; pinyin: Huózhe) is a novel written by Chinese novelist Yu Hua in 1993. It describes the struggles endured by the son of a wealthy land-owner, Fugui, while historical events caused and extended by the Chinese Revolution are fundamentally altering the nature of Chinese society.
Mar 1, 2015 · Yu Hua (simplified Chinese: 余华; traditional Chinese: 余華; pinyin: Yú Huá) is a Chinese author, born April 3, 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He practiced dentistry for five years and later turned to fiction writing in 1983 because he didn't like "looking into people’s mouths the whole day."
Jan 1, 2001 · To live when bounded by the unfathomable torrents of death is a dreadful irony. Yu Hua’s socialist realism novel which draws some of its inspiration ( Yu Hua’s own words) from the American folk song “Old Black Joe , is filled with sardonic incongruities.
Beijing Normal University, 2021. All photographs courtesy of Yu Hua. Yu Hua was born in 1960. He grew up in Haiyan County in the Zhejiang province of eastern China, at the height of the Cultural Revolution. His parents were both in the medical profession—his father a surgeon, his moth...
Jan 6, 2015 · Yu Hua rose to international fame in 1994, when the release of To Live, a Zhang Yimou film adapted from his novel of the same name, led the Chinese government to ban the Oscar-nominated director from filmmaking for two years.
Aug 26, 2003 · To Live: A Novel. Yu Hua. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Aug 26, 2003 - Fiction - 250 pages. Originally banned in China but later named one of that nation’s most influential books, a searing...
Aug 26, 2003 · by Yu Hua (Author), Michael Berry (Translator) 4.5 694 ratings. See all formats and editions. Originally banned in China but later named one of that nation’s most influential books, a searing novel that portrays one man’s transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant.
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You love Yu Hua’s characters because they are flawed, vibrant, soulful, and real: you celebrate with them the small wonders of life, and feel their pain as they overcome tragedy. Ultimately, To Live is a redemptive story of the human spirit, one that is universal in its emotional depth.” —Terrence Cheng, author of Sons of Heaven
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