To Live

by Yu Hua

I normally only read non-fiction books but, as you can see, this novel is exceptional like A Good Earth by Pearl S Buck. It is all about family life in a Chinese village before and after the 1949 revolution. These are ordinary people and the book looks at how they survive this very difficult period in Chinese history. This was the time of endless political war between 1940s to 1980s.

我一般不读小说，但是这本书很例外。这本书写的是1949年中国革命之后乡村的家庭生活。写的都是寻常百姓如何渡过那段中国历史上最艰难岁月的故事。上世纪40到80年代正是一个充满了政治斗争的年代，这也是日常生活中的常态。