To Live by Yu Hua Franklin-Christoph GLLI Translated YA Book Prize

GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Honoree

Winged-nuts and flywheel flies flutter through the bushes

or taking a summer vacation

Instructions for living a life:

To Live by Yu Hua Franklin-Christoph GLLI Translated YA Book PrizeOriginally banned in China but later named one of that nations most influential books, a searing novel that portrays one mans transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant. A work of astounding emotional power. Dai Sijie, author of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress From the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words: this celebrated contemporary classic of Chinese literature was also adapted for film by Zhang Yimou.