To Live

[Author] Yu Hua

[Publisher] Beijing Publishing Group

[Synopsis]

Yu Hua's internationally acclaimed contemporary literary classic. The novel tells the story of Fugui, a wealthy landlord's son who squanders his family fortune through a gambling addiction. As times change, his parents, wife, children, and grandson pass away one after another, leaving him with only an old ox as his sole companion. Written with a deeply detached yet warm touch, the masterpiece interprets the profound truth that a person lives for the sake of living itself, rather than for anything external to life.