Description
Two stepbrothers, Baldy Li and Song Gang, grow up side by side through the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution, clinging to a vow that family will outlast everything. As China shifts toward reform and opening, their lives diverge in love, ambition, and survival—turning brotherhood into both a refuge and a battleground. With a sweeping, Rabelaisian sweep across decades, this darkly comic novel blends absurdity and tragedy to examine how history reshapes ordinary people, and how loyalty can be tested by desire, loss, and chance. Written in Yu Hua’s sharp, unflinching style, the story races forward with satirical energy and emotional force, offering a panoramic portrait of modern Chinese society as it remakes itself.
Available Editions
paperback
Seix Barral
Published Feb 17, 2009
880 pages
ISBN: 9788432228414
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Details
First Published
2009
Language
chi
Translation
From: chi
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Brothers by Yu Hua.