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Yu Hua

Born

in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

April 03, 1960

Genre

Fiction

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Yu Hua (simplified Chinese: 余华; traditional Chinese: 余華; pinyin: Yú Huá) is a Chinese author, born April 3, 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He practiced dentistry for five years and later turned to fiction writing in 1983 because he didn't like "looking into people’s mouths the whole day." Writing allowed him to be more creative and flexible.[citation needed] He grew up during the Cultural Revolution and many of his stories and novels are marked by this experience. One of the distinctive characteristics of his work is his penchant for detailed descriptions of brutal violence.

Yu Hua has written four novels, six collections of stories, and three collections of essays. His most important novels are Chronicle of a Blood Merchant and To Liv ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 52,274 ratings · 6,486 reviews · 119 distinct works • Similar authors

	To Live 4.33 avg rating — 24,256 ratings — published 1992 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China in Ten Words by Yu Hua, Allan H. Barr (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 8,556 ratings — published 2011 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicle of a Blood Merchant by Yu Hua, Andrew Jones (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 6,905 ratings — published 1995 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seventh Day by Yu Hua, Allan H. Barr (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 4,561 ratings — published 2013 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brothers by Yu Hua, Eileen Chow (Translator), Carlos Rojas (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 3,623 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	نهر الزمن by Yu Hua, يو هوا, يحيى مختار (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 1,218 ratings — published 1993 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City of Fiction by Yu Hua, Todd Foley (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.04 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boy in the Twilight: Stories of the Hidden China by Yu Hua, Allan H. Barr (Translation) 3.60 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mao Zedong è arrabbiato by Yu Hua, Silvia Pozzi (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	صيف حار وقصص أخرى by Yu Hua, يو هوا, حسانين فهمي حسين (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 252 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Yu Hua

Brothers (2 books)
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Yu Hua,

Silvia Pozzi (Translator)

3.87 avg rating — 295 ratings

형제 (3 books)
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Yu Hua,

위화

4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings

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