活着

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Published May 10, 1998 by 南海出版公司.

ISBN:
9787544210966

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4 stars (1 review)

地主少爷福贵嗜赌成性,终于赌光了家业一贫如洗,穷困之中的福贵因为母亲生病前去求医,没想到半路上被国民党部队抓了壮丁,后被解放军所俘虏,回到家乡他才知道母亲已经去世,妻子家珍含辛茹苦带大了一双儿女,但女儿不幸变成了聋哑人,儿子机灵活泼……

然而,真正的悲剧从此才开始渐次上演,每读一页,都让我们止不住泪湿双眼,因为生命里难得的温情将被一次次死亡撕扯得粉碎,只剩得老了的福贵伴随着一头老牛在阳光下回忆。

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reviewed 活着 by 余华

A remarkable tour de force

4 stars

The author has managed something rare. Using simple everyday words all along he succeeds very well in giving us a poignant story of simple people during difficult times. I've spoken Mandarin for a long time but was, up to 3 months ago, illiterate (Chinese has 86 000 characters, the average person knowing around 4000). My reading level is now upper mid-level and I could read the whole book and understand it all.