我只知道人是什么

by Yu Hua, 余华

“文学包罗万象，但最重要的是什么？就是人。” 好的文学作品，让我们感受到作品背后的那个人，也因其独特的生命感超越了文化和语言。《我只知道人是什么》是著名作家余华亲自编选的一本最新杂文集。作为当代中国文学走出去的代表人物，余华长年受邀参加世界各国的演讲与活动，他从个人和中国经验出发，打开与世界文坛的交汇，本书正是他近年来所发表的杂文结集。余华充满睿智又真诚地分享了他的观察和思考，内容包罗万象，从往事到现实，从自我到时代，既漫谈生活体验，也谈及创作心得，他生动回忆了他和福贵、许三观等笔下人物的相遇，也讲述了走访世界时和勇敢的波兰农民、意大利精神病院病友的相遇……有时候他们千千万万，有时候他们就像是同一个人。这些对人性宽广与丰富的探究，展现出一位优秀作家对生活的深刻洞察，对一切事物理解后的超然，而命运无常中凝练出的一个个故事，不仅连接着我们的过去与未来，也最终指向了所有文学和艺术创作中最根本的力量来源。

397 pages, Hardcover

Published July 1, 2018

About the author

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 Live. The latter novel was adapted for film by Zhang Yimou. Because the film was banned in China, it instantly made the novel a bestseller and Yu Hua a worldwide celebrity. His novels have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Persian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Hungarian, Serbian, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam and Turkish.

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Reviews

[Annie Yang-Perez · Rating 4 out of 5]

喜欢余华自始至终保持着的对人性的敏锐观察与宽宏热忱