Length21h 44m
About this audiobook
•One of the Nobel Prize Winners in Literature•Ideal for fans of Chinese Playground, We Are Party People, Death of Me, Skate with Me, A Farmer’s Life for Me, and similar works•Written by today’s most revered, controversial, and feared Chinese novelistMo Yan’s Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out 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.
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length21 hrs 44 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 1, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Also by Mo Yan
2Principal Characters
3A Note on Pronunciation
4Book One: Donkey Miseries
5Chapter 1: Torture and Proclaimed Innocence in Yama's Hell Reincarnation Trickery for a White-Hoofed Donkey
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6Chapter 2: Xlmen Nao Is Charitable to Save Blue Face Bai Yingchufi Lovingly Comforts an Orphaned Donkey
7Chapter 3: Hong Taiyue Rails at a Stubborn Old Man Ximen Lu Courts Disaster and Chews on Bark
8Chapter 4: Gongs and Drums Pound the Heavens as the Masses Join the Co-op Four Hooves Plod through the Snow as the Donkey Is Shod
9Chapter 5: Ximen Bai Stands Trial for Digging Up Treasure The Donkey Disrupts Proceedings and Jumps a Wall
10Chapter 6: Tenderness and Deep Affection Create a Perfect Couple Wisdom and Courage Are Pitted against Vicious Wolves
11Chapter 7: Fearing Trouble Huahua Makes a Solemn Vow Naonao Shows His Prowess by Biting a Hunter
12Chapter 8: Ouch, Xlmen Donkey Loses a Gonad A Colossal Hero Arrives at the Estate
13Chapter 9: Ximen Donkey Meets Ximen Bai In a Dream Following Orders, Militiamen Arrest Lan Lian
14Chapter 10: Favored with a Glorious Task, I Garry a County Chief Meeting Up with a Tragic Mishap, I Break a Front Hoof
15Chapter 11: With a War Hero's Help, an Artificial Hoof Starving Citizens Dismember and Eat a Donkey
16Book Two: The Strength of an Ox
17Chapter 12: Big-head Reveals the Secret of Transmigration Ximen Ox Takes Up Residence in Lan Lian's Home
18Chapter 13: A Stream of Guests Urge Participation in the Commune Independent Farming Gains a Distinguished Advocate
19Chapter 14: Ximen Ox Angrily Confronts Wu Qiuxiang Hong Taiyue Happily Praises Lan Jinlong
20Chapter 15: Ox-herding Brothers Fight on a Sandbar Unbroken Lines of Fate Make an Awkward Dilemma
21Chapter 16: A Young Woman's Heart Is Moved as She Dreams of Spring Ximen Ox Displays His Might as He Plows a Field
22Chapter 17: Wild Geese Fall, People Die, an Ox Goes Berserk Ravings and Wild Talk Turn Into an Essay (pt. 1)
23Chapter 17: Wild Geese Fall, People Die, an Ox Goes Berserk Ravings and Wild Talk Turn Into an Essay (pt. 2)
24Chapter 18: A Deft Hand Mends Clothes, Huzhu Declares Her Love Heavy Snows Seal a Village, Jinlong Takes Command
25Chapter 19: Jinlong Stages a Play to Welcome Spring Lan Lian Would Die Before Giving Up His Vow
26Chapter 20: Lan Jiefang Betrays Father and Joins the Commune Ximen Ox Kills a Man and Dies a Righteous Death
27Book Three: Pig Frolics
28Chapter 21: With More Cries of Injustice, a Return to Yama's Hall Deceived Again to Be Reborn as a Lowly Pig
29Chapter 22: Piglet Sixteen Monopolizes the Sow's Teats Bai Xing'er Is Honored with the Title of Pig Feeder
30Chapter 23: Piglet Sixteen Is Moved to a Cozy Nest Diao Xiaosan Mistakenly Eats an Alcohol-laced Bun
31Chapter 24: Brigade Members Light a Bonfire to Celebrate Good News Pig King Steals Knowledge and Listens to Fine Words
32Chapter 25: A High Official Speaks Grandly at an On-site conference An Outlandish Pig Puts on a Show beneath an Apricot Tree (pt. 1)
33Chapter 25: A High Official Speaks Grandly at an On-site conference An Outlandish Pig Puts on a Show beneath an Apricot Tree (pt. 2)
34Chapter 26: A Jealous Diao Xiaosan Destroys a Pigpen Lan Jinlong Cleverly Gets Through a Bitter Winter
35Chapter 27: A Sea of Jealousy Rages as Brothers Go Crazy Fast-talking, Glib Mo Yan Encounters Envy
36Chapter 28: Hezuo Marries Jiefang against Her Will Huzhu Is Happily Mated to Jinlong
37Chapter 29: Pig Sixteen Battles Diao Xiaosan The Straw Hat Song Accompanies a Loyalty Dance
38Chapter 30: Miraculous Hair Brings Xiaosan Back to Life The Red Death Wipes Out the Swine Horde
39Chapter 31: A Fawning Mo Yan Rides on Commander Chang's Coattails A Resentful Lan Lian Weeps for Chairman Mao
40Chapter 32: Old Xu Bao's Greed Costs Him His Life Pig Sixteen Chases the Moon and Becomes King
41Chapter 33: Pig Sixteen Has Thoughts of Home A Drunk Hong Taiyue Raises Hell in a Public House
42Chapter 34: Hong Taiyue Loses His Male Organ In Anger Torn Ear Turns Chaos Into the King's Throne
43Chapter 35: Flamethrowers Take the Life of Split Ear Soaring onto a Boat, Pig Sixteen Wreaks Vengeance
44Chapter 36: Thoughts Throng the Mind as the Past Is Recalled Disregarding Personal Safety, Pig Saves a Child
45Book Four: Dog Spirit
46Chapter 37: An Aggrieved Soul Returns as a Dog A Pampered Child Goes to Town with His Mother
47Chapter 38: Jinlong Raves about Lofty Ideals Hezuo Silently Recalls Old Enmities
48Chapter 39: Lan Kaifang Happily Explores His New Home Puppy Four Misses His Old Kennel
49Chapter 40: Pang Chunmiao Sheds Pearl-like Tears Lan Jiefang Enjoys a Taste of Cherry Lips
50Chapter 41: Lan Jiefang Feigns Affection for His Wife Dog Four Watches over a Student
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