To Live
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Narrado por:
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David Shih
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Yu Hua
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Michael Berry
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From the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words: this celebrated contemporary classic of Chinese literature was also adapted for film by Zhang Yimou.
This searing novel, originally banned in China but later named one of that nation's most influential books, portrays one man's transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant. After squandering his family's fortune in gambling dens and brothels, the young, deeply penitent Fugui settles down to do the honest work of a farmer. Forced by the Nationalist Army to leave behind his family, he witnesses the horrors and privations of the Civil War, only to return years later to face a string of hardships brought on by the ravages of the Cultural Revolution. Left with an ox as the companion of his final years, Fugui stands as a model of gritty authenticity, buoyed by his appreciation for life in this narrative of humbling power.
©1993 Yu Hua; translation and afterword copyright 2003 by Michael Berry (P)2017 TantorLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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From one of China’s most acclaimed writers, his first work of nonfiction to appear in English: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades, told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the country’s meteoric economic and social transformation. Characterized by Yu Hua’s trademark wit, insight, and courage, China in Ten Words is a refreshingly candid vision of the “Chinese miracle” and all its consequences, from the singularly invaluable perspective of a writer living in China today.
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Best Popular Book on China
- De taylor storey en 09-21-14
De: Yu Hua, y otros
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Red Sorghum
- A Novel of China
- De: Mo Yan, Howard Goldblatt - translator
- Narrado por: George Backman
- Duración: 15 h y 25 m
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Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty, as the Chinese battle both Japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s. A legend in China, where it won major literary awards and inspired an Oscar-nominated film directed by Zhang Yimou, Red Sorghum is a book in which fable and history collide to produce fiction that is entirely new—and unforgettable.
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Best narrator I've ever heard!
- De Ty en 12-12-16
De: Mo Yan, y otros
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The April 3rd Incident
- Stories
- De: Yu Hua, Allan H. Barr - translator
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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From one of China’s most famous contemporary writers, here is a stunning collection of stories, selected from the best of Yu Hua’s early work, that shows his far-reaching influence on a pivotal period in Chinese literature. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Yu Hua and other young Chinese writers began to reimagine their national literature. Departing from conventional realism in favor of a more surreal and subjective approach inspired by Kafka, Faulkner, and Borges, the boundary-pushing fiction of this period reflected the cultural changes sweeping the world’s most populous nation.
De: Yu Hua, y otros
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Red Scarf Girl
- A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
- De: Ji-li Jiang
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has brains, friends, and a bright future. Then Mao Zedong launches China’s infamous Cultural Revolution. Soon school is suspended and students are getting caught up in the fervor of Mao’s extreme politics. When Ji-li’s family is accused of capitalist crimes, all of her beautiful dreams burst like soap bubbles. Because Ji-li’s grandfather was a landlord, her family is harassed and humiliated. Their home is searched, and they live in constant fear. Nonetheless, Ji-li remains loyal to her beloved Chairman Mao....
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5 out of 5 stars
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compelling story
- De Sharon en 10-02-15
De: Ji-li Jiang
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A Grain of Wheat
- De: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of Kenya's Great
- De Afro History fan en 07-31-19
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre To Live
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- Thomas F. Arnall
- 04-22-25
remarkable reader
remarkable reader. remarkable story. long live the people of China!
China in Ten Words is also worth listening to.
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- Qats reads
- 04-25-25
Survival
Is survival living and is that the purpose of life? Is a human life no different than a an animal?
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- Phillip King
- 05-30-18
Wow!
A Chinese friend recommended that I read this book. She told me that it made her cry. I had read Yu Hua’s China in Ten Words, and I learned a great deal from it. I took her recommendation and bought the book.
I’m glad I did! This gave me more insight on China’s recent history. While a Marine does not cry, it did make this old jarhead’s eyes sweat!
The translation is very well written and the audio quality is very good!
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- Yelena K.
- 06-24-23
A very touching story
The story is worth reading to get to know better some of the history and traditions of modern China. The story is touching, and makes one think about the values of life. Excellent book that makes me keep reading and reading.
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- Tim
- 07-02-20
Good Chinese Story
I appreciate the narrator's voice and tone changes for the different characters, and I think his Chinese name pronunciation is also quite accurate and appropriate, even though it's in English.
I don't appreciate all of the language and didn't realize how much death was to be found in the story, yet I can understand it is likely not far off from what that time period may have been like.
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- Joe Moreau
- 01-13-22
Made Me Cry More than Any Other Book
"To Live" is a beautiful story. It's very sad, too. It's an odyssey through 20th-Century Chinese history. I couldn't put it down (I listened to the whole thing in a day). The characters are well-developed and the narration pulls you in. A teacher showed my class the movie in school and that led me to the book.
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