An award-winning, internationally acclaimed Chinese bestseller, originally banned in China but recently named one of the last decade’s ten most influential books there, To Live tells the epic story of one man’s transformation from the spoiled son of a rich landlord to an honorable and kindhearted peasant.

After squandering his family’s fortune in gambling dens and brothels, the young, deeply penitent Fugui settles down to do the honest work of a farmer. Forced by the Nationalist Army to leave behind his family, he witnesses the horrors and privations of the Civil War, only to return years later to face a string of hardships brought on by the ravages of the Cultural Revolution. Left with an ox as the companion of his final years, Fugui stands as a model of flinty authenticity, buoyed by his appreciation for life in this narrative of humbling power.

餘華，1960年齣生，1983年開始寫作。至今已經齣版長篇小說4部，中短篇小說集6部，隨筆集4部。主要作品有《兄弟》《活著》《許三觀賣血記》《在細雨中呼喊》等。其作品已被翻譯成20多種語言在美國、英國、法國、德國、意大利、西班牙、荷蘭、瑞典、挪威、希臘、俄羅斯、保加利亞、匈牙利、捷剋、塞爾維亞、斯洛伐剋、波蘭、巴西、以色列、日本、韓國、越南、泰國和印度等國齣版。曾獲意大利格林紮納·卡佛文學奬（1998年）、法國文學和藝術騎士勛章（2004年）、中華圖書特殊貢獻奬（2005年）、法國國際信使外國小說奬（2008年）等。