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Life and Death are Wearing Me Out Hardcover | Pages: 540 pages
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Original Title: 生死疲劳 [Shēngsǐ píláo]
ISBN: 1559708530 (ISBN13: 9781559708531)
Edition Language: English
Literary Awards: Man Asian Literary Prize Nominee (2007), 亞洲週刊中文十大好書 for 小說類 (2006)

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Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his generosity and kindness to his peasants, is not only stripped of his land and worldly possessions in Mao's Land Reform Movement of 1948, but is cruelly executed, despite his protestations of innocence. He goes to Hell, where Lord Yama, king of the underworld, has Ximen Nao tortured endlessly, trying to make him admit his guilt, to no avail. Finally, in disgust, Lord Yama allows Ximen Nao to return to earth, to his own farm, where he is reborn not as a human but first as a donkey, then an ox, pig, dog, monkey, and finally the big-headed boy Lan Qiansui. Through the earthy and hugely entertaining perspectives of these animals, Ximen Nao narrates fifty years of modern Chinese history, ending on the eve of the new millennium. Here is an absolutely spellbinding tale that reveals the author's love of the land, beset by so many ills, traditional and modern.

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Title:Life and Death are Wearing Me Out
Author:Mo Yan
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 540 pages
Published:March 19th 2008 by Arcade Publishing (first published 2006)
Categories:Fiction. Cultural. China. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Asia. Nobel Prize

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I felt like I would never finish this book... The last 100 pages finally find its voice -- well written and gripping... The first 450 should have felt that engrossing... Interesting conceit lost in execution... Perhaps some of this was the translation, but all of it can't be... The injection of Mo Yan the character as a somewhat sinister but well meaning observer was of particular annoyance to me... I'll try some of his other books, but not now -- this was quite enough for the time being...

A remarkable take down of communist officialdom at local level from 1950 to 2000 and a take down of Buddhism while playing with the great Chinese epic "Journey to the West" AND a total mockery of writers who fixate on sex to flog their work ... ahhh, can you say Philip Roth?This passage so reminds me of bargaining in China, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and even Poland ... incredible writing: "... that coat fits you like a Mongolian tailor made it just for you. One inch more and it's too

A massive, unique, rambling novel that is probably a bit too long but certainly never dull. The author making himself a character is a little annoying but is occasionally clever. This is my first Mo Yan novel and I'm looking forward to reading more of his work.

Im not sure I completely understood this book, but I know I want to read it again. Mo Yan is this years Nobel Prize winner. This is his most recent book about a man who may have been unfairly executed and who has been reincarnated several times into his old neighborhood. Does he seek revenge? Did he deserve to die?There are several gimmicks (and I use that word specifically). Ximen Nao was a landowner in pre-Revolution China. His tenant farmers killed him when Communism came to power. He spends

Rides the fierce Lord Yama( God of death) to his somber destination, robustly plopped on the back of a water buffalo, waiting to pick the departed soul from the face of the earth. In the quest between Heaven and Hell, the soul lingers in the probability of its verdict. The shimmering blue skin contrasting the black hide of the animal becomes a petrifying vision. Pray, pray from the heart, so the soul finds a place in heaven.. The words of my grandfather keep ringing in my ears as I see Ximen Nao

Up until the last third or so of this book, I was ready to call it my favorite fiction book I've read this year. It still gets there, but the lukewarm finish makes it a closer call.Still, this was a great book. I've read a few reviews calling it the Chinese One Hundred Years of Solitude, and that isn't a bad comparison - it's got the same emphasis on one small town and one REALLY big family, lovers being torn apart by revolution, technology, the disappointment and betrayal of parents by their

The descriptions of life in Communist China were really well done, but the development and pace if the story were way, way too slow. I really enjoyed the first part if the book where the main character, Ximen, was a donkey, and we saw the world through his eyes. His attempts at adapting to life as a donkey were funny and whimsical. After that, everything was told through other characters, and it didn't succeed in holding my interest. Also, the tangents the characters went on were distracting and