且在人间

by Yu Xiuhua, 余秀华

Pub 2019-02-01 Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House. And in the Human World - The protagonist Zhou Yu lives in the country. has brain sputum. is a person who is ignored by almost everyone and abandoned by the whole society. However. the physical confinement does not hinder her spiritual self-improvement. and her consciousness is soaring. She wants others to look at her as an ordinary person. not with pity or disdain....

242 pages, Hardcover

Published February 1, 2019

About the author

Yu Xiuhua (simplified Chinese: 余秀华; traditional Chinese: 余秀華; pinyin: Yú Xiùhuá; born 1976) is a Chinese poet. She lives in the small village of Hengdian, Shipai, Zhongxiang, Hubei, China, and has cerebral palsy resulting in speech and mobility difficulties. Despite this, she still writes poetry, and as of January 2015 Xiuhua had written over two thousand poems. In 2014, her poem I Crossed Half of China to Sleep with You (穿过大半个中国去睡你) was reposted frequently in WeChat, leading to a significant increase in her notoriety. In the same year, the poem magazine, a national magazine of China, published her poetry, which made her work even more famous. Still Tomorrow a documentary about her rise to fame and relationship with her family as well as her divorce from her husband, was released in 2016, and has been showcased in different film festivals. Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm, a collection of poems and essays in writer, poet, and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain's translation, is out from Astra House in 2021.

Reviews

[Hallie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two long-format short stories about women choosing to die. Entertaining enough, but not particularly compelling to read.

[Adrien · Rating 3 out of 5]

第一个故事写她自己很真切
第二个故事有点无理取闹

[渺渺青云外，滚滚红尘中 · Rating 4 out of 5]

只看了第一个故事，余秀华的半自传，野草一般的生命力

[Carol Y · Rating 4 out of 5]

第一个故事，且在人间，自传体，明白了作者的人生，才好理解她的诗，特别是 穿过半个中国去睡你 的背景。第二个故事，刀挑玫瑰，很好读，但有点狗血了。