The Seventh Day

ISBN-13: 9780804172059 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str.

Yu Hua; Allan H. Barr

Opis

Yang Fei was born on a train as it raced across the Chinese countryside. Lost by his mother, adopted by a young switchman, raised with simplicity and love, he is utterly unprepared for the changes that await him and his country. As a young man, he searches for a place to belong in a nation ceaselessly reinventing itself, but he remains on the edges of society.
At forty-one, he meets an unceremonious death, and lacking the money for a burial plot, must roam the afterworld aimlessly. There, over the course of seven days, he encounters the souls of people he's lost. As he retraces the path of his life, we meet an extraordinary cast of characters: his adoptive father, his beautiful ex-wife, his neighbors who perished in the demolition of their homes. Vivid, urgent, and panoramic, Yang Fei's passage movingly traces the contours of his vast nation--its absurdities, its sorrows, and its soul. This searing novel affirms Yu Hua's place as the standard-bearer of Chinese fiction.

Recenzje

Elegant and sharp. . . . By turns inventive and playful and dark and disturbing, with much to say about modern China. NPR

Surreal. . . . Yu s most devastating critique of the new Chinese reality. The New York Times Book Review

Entertaining. . . . Intriguing. . . . In narrowing his lens, his work carries new urgency. The Wall Street Journal
 
A political allegory for life and death experienced in the chaos of a rapidly changing modern China. Minneapolis Star Tribune

Plaintive. . . . Moving. Grantland

A ghostly walk through contemporary China evokes the human cost of some of the big issues that nation is facing. The Toronto Star

Mesmerizing. . . .  Internationally award-winning novelist Hua crafts a discerning critique of contemporary Chinese culture through an evocative allegory revealing fates much worse than death. Booklist

[A] poignant fable about family bonds made not of blood ties but unbreakable heartstrings. It will assuredly reward Yu s readers, familiar and new. Library Journal (starred review)

O autorze

YU HUA is the author of five novels, six story collections, and four essay collections. He has also contributed op-ed pieces to The New York Times. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He is the recipient of many awards, including the James Joyce Award, France's Prix Courrier International, and Italy's Premio Grinzane Cavour. He lives in Beijing.