Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out - by Mo Yan (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><br>Today's most revered, feared, and controversial Chinese novelist offers a tour de force in which the real, the absurd, the comical, and the tragic are blended into a fascinating read. The hero--or antihero--of Mo Yan's new novel is Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his benevolence to his peasants. His story is a deliriously unique journey and absolutely riveting tale that reveals the author's love of a homeland beset by ills inevitable, political, and traditional. <p/>Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction--novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a <i>New York Times</i> bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><ul><li>One of the Nobel Prize Winners in Literature</li><li>Ideal for fans of <i>Chinese Playground, We Are Party People, Death of Me, Skate with Me, A Farmer's Life for Me, </i>and similar works</li><li>Written by today's most revered, controversial, and feared Chinese novelist</li></ul><br>Mo Yan's <i>Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out</i> is a remarkable story. The absurd, real, comical, and tragic are combined into a fantastic read. The hero--or antihero--is Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his kindness to his peasants. His tale is a heart-wrenching and unique journey and completely riveting tale that shares the author's love of a homeland caught by ills political, traditional, and inevitable.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A wildly visceral and creative novel . . . A vast, cruel, and complex story.<br><br>"A wildly visceral and creative novel . . . A vast, cruel, and complex story."<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Howard Goldblatt</b> is a literary translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese fiction from mainland China and Taiwan, including Nobel Prize-winner Mo Yan, five of whose works are published by Arcade (<i>The Garlic Ballads</i>; <i>The Republic of Wine</i>; <i>Big Breasts and Wide Hips</i>; <i>Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out; Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh</i>). He has also translated works by Liu Zhenyun (<i>I Did Not Kill My Husband</i>; <i>The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon</i>; <i>Remembering 1942</i>, which are published by Arcade), Huang Chunming (<i>The Taste of Apples</i>), and Chen Ruoxi (<i>The Execution of Mayor Yin</i>). He taught modern Chinese literature and culture for more than a quarter of a century. He lives in Lafayette, Colorado.
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