{"product_id":"life-and-death-are-wearing-me-out-9781611454277","title":"Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of the Nobel Prize Winners in Literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for fans of \u003ci\u003eChinese Playground, We Are Party People, Death of Me, Skate with Me, A Farmer's Life for Me, \u003c\/i\u003eand similar works\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by today's most revered, controversial, and feared Chinese novelist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMo Yan's \u003ci\u003eLife and Death Are Wearing Me Out\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Goldblatt\u003c\/b\u003e 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 (\u003ci\u003eThe Garlic Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Republic of Wine\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBig Breasts and Wide Hips\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLife and Death Are Wearing Me Out; Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh\u003c\/i\u003e). He has also translated works by Liu Zhenyun (\u003ci\u003eI Did Not Kill My Husband\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRemembering 1942\u003c\/i\u003e, which are published by Arcade), Huang Chunming (\u003ci\u003eThe Taste of Apples\u003c\/i\u003e), and Chen Ruoxi (\u003ci\u003eThe Execution of Mayor Yin\u003c\/i\u003e). He taught modern Chinese literature and culture for more than a quarter of a century. He lives in Lafayette, Colorado.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649223725330,"sku":"9781611454277","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_83a0236a-2a1f-4ac0-a9fd-1152415299d3.jpg?v=1733257843","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/life-and-death-are-wearing-me-out-9781611454277","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}