"To Live" is a representative work of contemporary writer Yu Hua, telling the story of a person's life filled with vicissitudes and hardships, and condensing the social changes in China over half a century. "To Live" also speaks of the breadth and richness of tears; the non-existence of despair; and that people live for the sake of living itself, not for anything beyond living. For over thirty years since its publication, "To Live" has moved countless readers, and with the passage of time, it has become an undisputed classic of 20th-century Chinese literature. To date, it has been translated into more than forty countries and regions, including English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Russian, and has won numerous literary awards both in China and abroad.
《活着》是当代作家余华的代表作，讲述了一个人历尽世间沧桑和磨难的一生，亦将中国大半个世纪的社会变迁凝缩其间。《活着》还讲述了眼泪的宽广和丰富；讲述了绝望的不存在；讲述了人是为了活着本身而活着的，而不是为了活着之外的任何事物而活着。《活着》出版三十多年来打动了无数读者，经过时间的沉淀，已成为20世纪中国文学当之无愧的经典之作。到今天，已被译介到英、法、德、意、日、韩、俄等四十多个国家和地区，获得中外多个文学大奖。
《活着》是当代作家余华的代表作，讲述了一个人历尽世间沧桑和磨难的一生，亦将中国大半个世纪的社会变迁凝缩其间。《活着》还讲述了眼泪的宽广和丰富；讲述了绝望的不存在；讲述了人是为了活着本身而活着的，而不是为了活着之外的任何事物而活着。《活着》出版三十多年来打动了无数读者，经过时间的沉淀，已成为20世纪中国文学当之无愧的经典之作。到今天，已被译介到英、法、德、意、日、韩、俄等四十多个国家和地区，获得中外多个文学大奖。
