This book is author A Yi's first full-length novel. Borges mentioned writing a short story titled "Wake Me Up at Nine in the Morning." However, A Yi couldn't find this story in Borges's works, so he used the phrase "Wake Me Up at Nine in the Morning" as the title. In the novel, the protagonist, Hongyang, after getting drunk, instructs his wife to act as a human alarm clock to wake him up in the morning. The next morning, when she tries to wake him, she finds him dead: he has drunk himself to death. The novel begins here, recounting a hasty and perfunctory funeral, and retracing how Hongyang—once simply considered a desperate outlaw and an illiterate man—used his violent advantages and necessary deception to rise to become a prominent figure in the town. In this man, there is no love,
本书是作家阿乙的第一部长篇小说。博尔赫斯提到要写一篇短篇小说，题目叫《早上九点叫醒我》。但在博尔赫斯的作品里，阿乙并没有发现这部小说，便就用这句话——早上九点叫醒我——作书名。小说里，主人公宏阳喝醉后，向自己的内人叮嘱，让她做一个人体闹钟，到了早上叫醒他。次日晨，等到要叫醒他的时候，他的内人发现他已经死了：他把自己喝“死”了。小说由此开始，通过对一场仓促、敷衍的葬礼的讲述，回溯了宏阳——一名曾被简单认为只是亡命之徒的文盲——如何利用自身的暴力优势和必要的诈术，成长为镇上闻人的经历。在这个人身上，没有爱情、
本书是作家阿乙的第一部长篇小说。博尔赫斯提到要写一篇短篇小说，题目叫《早上九点叫醒我》。但在博尔赫斯的作品里，阿乙并没有发现这部小说，便就用这句话——早上九点叫醒我——作书名。小说里，主人公宏阳喝醉后，向自己的内人叮嘱，让她做一个人体闹钟，到了早上叫醒他。次日晨，等到要叫醒他的时候，他的内人发现他已经死了：他把自己喝“死”了。小说由此开始，通过对一场仓促、敷衍的葬礼的讲述，回溯了宏阳——一名曾被简单认为只是亡命之徒的文盲——如何利用自身的暴力优势和必要的诈术，成长为镇上闻人的经历。在这个人身上，没有爱情、
