Description
A once-privileged young man’s life is stripped down to its essentials in this searing, deeply humane novel of survival and moral awakening. After squandering his family’s fortune, Fugui is driven into honest labor and then torn apart by the upheavals of war and revolution, where he bears witness to suffering, loss, and the stubborn endurance of ordinary people. Returning to a changed world, he confronts the long shadow of political chaos and personal hardship, yet keeps choosing—again and again—kindness, responsibility, and the will to live. With Yu Hua’s sharp, unsentimental storytelling and darkly luminous compassion, the book explores themes of fate versus agency, the cost of ideology, and how dignity can be rebuilt through work, love, and resilience.
Available Editions
paperback
Anchor
Published Aug 26, 2003
256 pages
ISBN: 9781400031863
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Details
First Published
1992
Language
chi
Translation
From: chi
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for To Live by Yu Hua.