Yu Hua

Yu Hua is a Chinese novelist, essayist and short story writer whose fiction debut came in 1983. His 1987 short story "On the Road at Age Eighteen" marked his first breakthrough, and he is best known for the novels To Live (1993), Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (1995) and Brothers (2005–06). His novel The Seventh Day follows a man who wanders the afterworld after a sudden death, blending dark humor with lyrical compassion.