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.