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| Title | : | Life and Death are Wearing Me Out |
| Author | : | Mo Yan |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 540 pages |
| Published | : | March 19th 2008 by Arcade Publishing (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. China. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Asia. Nobel Prize |
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Hardcover | Pages: 540 pages Rating: 3.98 | 3293 Users | 406 Reviews
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Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his generosity and kindness to his peasants, is not only stripped of his land and worldly possessions in Mao's Land Reform Movement of 1948, but is cruelly executed, despite his protestations of innocence. He goes to Hell, where Lord Yama, king of the underworld, has Ximen Nao tortured endlessly, trying to make him admit his guilt, to no avail. Finally, in disgust, Lord Yama allows Ximen Nao to return to earth, to his own farm, where he is reborn not as a human but first as a donkey, then an ox, pig, dog, monkey, and finally the big-headed boy Lan Qiansui. Through the earthy and hugely entertaining perspectives of these animals, Ximen Nao narrates fifty years of modern Chinese history, ending on the eve of the new millennium. Here is an absolutely spellbinding tale that reveals the author's love of the land, beset by so many ills, traditional and modern.
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| Original Title: | 生死疲劳 [Shēngsǐ píláo] |
| ISBN: | 1559708530 (ISBN13: 9781559708531) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Man Asian Literary Prize Nominee (2007), 亞洲週刊中文十大好書 for 小說類 (2006) |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 3293 Users | 406 ReviewsJudge Out Of Books Life and Death are Wearing Me Out
Mo Yan tells us drastic and exciting the metamorphosis of the former great land owner Ximen Nao, who experiences the history of China from an animal perspective: donkey, bull, boar, dog and monkey. You learn a lot of news about the most populous country in the world with its ancient civilization. Ximen Nao is reborn, but as a donkey stallion. The donkey is now experiencing the complex history of the family's , as well as the changes introduced by Mao in the countryside from his perspective.ThisAfter reading this novel, my opinion of recent Nobel-Prize-winner Mo Yan has improved (see review of "Big Breasts and Wide Hips"). "Life and Death is Wearing Me Out" covers fifty years in the life of rural Gaomi Village through the eyes of two narrators, one who has lived in that village for the entire time and the other who has witnessed many of the same events in a series of reincarnations: the petty landlord Ximen Nao, a donkey, a pig, a dog, a monkey, and, at last, a human once again, the
I finally finished this one almost a month after starting it. I loved Mo Yan's Life and Death are Wearing Me Out, but at the same time it was hardly a page-turner, and it definitely was not a fast read. This story, told through the perspective of Ximen Nao, a wealthy landlord who is killed early in the novel only to be reincarnated as first a donkey, then an ox, followed by a pig, a dog, and a monkey was brilliant political satire, but Mo Yan is an equal oportunity satirist as no one--not the
First time reading a book written by one of China's famous authors and a Nobel Prize laureate to boot. This tale of Ximen Nao, who was executed for being a landowner, and his subsequent reincarnations, is definitely different. We see through these different lives the evolution of modern China. From the communist victory to the Cultural Revolution to present-day, we follow the lives of Ximen Nao's family and connections. I like the start of the book, esp. when the story is narrated by Donkey (1st
Im not sure I completely understood this book, but I know I want to read it again. Mo Yan is this years Nobel Prize winner. This is his most recent book about a man who may have been unfairly executed and who has been reincarnated several times into his old neighborhood. Does he seek revenge? Did he deserve to die?There are several gimmicks (and I use that word specifically). Ximen Nao was a landowner in pre-Revolution China. His tenant farmers killed him when Communism came to power. He spends
Mo Yan tells us drastic and exciting the metamorphosis of the former great land owner Ximen Nao, who experiences the history of China from an animal perspective: donkey, bull, boar, dog and monkey. You learn a lot of news about the most populous country in the world with its ancient civilization. Ximen Nao is reborn, but as a donkey stallion. The donkey is now experiencing the complex history of the family's , as well as the changes introduced by Mao in the countryside from his perspective.This
A massive, unique, rambling novel that is probably a bit too long but certainly never dull. The author making himself a character is a little annoying but is occasionally clever. This is my first Mo Yan novel and I'm looking forward to reading more of his work.
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