Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out
Mo Yan
(Author)
Howard Goldblatt
(Translator)
Description
- One of the Nobel Prize Winners in Literature
- Ideal for fans of Chinese Playground, We Are Party People, Death of Me, Skate with Me, A Farmer's Life for Me, and similar works
- Written by today's most revered, controversial, and feared Chinese novelist
Mo Yan's Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out is a remarkable story. The absurd, real, comical, and tragic are combined into a fantastic read. The hero--or antihero--is Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his kindness to his peasants. His tale is a heart-wrenching and unique journey and completely riveting tale that shares the author's love of a homeland caught by ills political, traditional, and inevitable.
Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.59
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Publish Date
July 01, 2012
Pages
552
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.9 X 1.3 inches | 1.45 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781611454277
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About the Author
Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, 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.
In awarding him the Nobel Prize the Swedish Academy said: Through a mixture of fantasy and reality, historical and social perspectives, Mo Yan has created a world reminiscent in its complexity of those in the writings of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, at the same time finding a departure point in old Chinese literature and in oral tradition.
Howard Goldblatt is an award-winning translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese literature, including seven novels by Mo Yan, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Reviews
"A wildly visceral and creative novel . . . A vast, cruel, and complex story."
A wildly visceral and creative novel . . . A vast, cruel, and complex story.
A wildly visceral and creative novel . . . A vast, cruel, and complex story.
