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Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out
Guan Moye, better known by the pen name Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. In 2012, Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work as a writer "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".
Extremely prolific, Mo Yan wrote Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out in only 42 days. The book is a historical fiction depicting China's development during the latter half of the 20th century. The protagonist Ximen Nao is a rich landlord who is executed and reincarnated as various animals during the land reform movement. The transformation of rural China is observed and experienced through his eyes, or specifically, through various animals' eyes.
Although its narrative style is sometimes difficult to follow, I still like this fantastic book.
《生死疲勞》
管謨業(yè),更為人所熟知的是其筆名"莫言",是位中國小說家和短篇小說家。2012年,莫言作為一名作家,因其作品"用虛幻現(xiàn)實(shí)主義將民間故事、歷史和現(xiàn)代融為一體"被授予諾貝爾文學(xué)獎。
莫言是位多產(chǎn)的作家,只用42天就寫完了《生死疲勞》。這部歷史小說描寫了20世紀(jì)下半葉中國的發(fā)展史。主人公西門鬧是一個富裕的地主,在土改時被處死并轉(zhuǎn)世投胎為各種動物。小說正是通過他的眼睛--更確切地說,是通過各種動物的眼睛--來觀察和體味中國農(nóng)村的變遷的。
盡管這部小說的敘事風(fēng)格有時很難叫人明白,我還是很喜歡這本奇妙的書。
道長點(diǎn)評
讀書報(bào)告是報(bào)告的一種。首先可以簡單介紹作者的生平、作品創(chuàng)作的社會歷史背景等。主體應(yīng)寫故事梗概,注意客觀、完整、忠實(shí)原著;小說用現(xiàn)在時,非小說作品沿用原著時態(tài)(歷史類使用過去時,科普類使用現(xiàn)在時或?qū)頃r)。末段應(yīng)提出自己的看法,評論優(yōu)缺點(diǎn),探討作品對現(xiàn)在及將來的影響,或評論作品的風(fēng)格和表現(xiàn)手法。
pen name 筆名
novelist 小說家
short story 短篇小說
award 授予
Nobel Prize in Literature 諾貝爾文學(xué)獎
hallucinatory 如夢似幻的
realism 現(xiàn)實(shí)主義
merge 融合
folk tale 民間故事
contemporary 現(xiàn)代的
prolific 多產(chǎn)的
historical 歷史題材的
fiction 小說
depict 描寫
development 發(fā)展
latter 后面的
protagonist 主人公
landlord 地主
execute 處死
reincarnate 投胎,轉(zhuǎn)世
land reform movement 土地改革運(yùn)動
transformation 變革
rural 農(nóng)村的
observe 觀察
narrative style 敘事風(fēng)格
fantastic 奇妙的
1 He devoted himself to literature and wrote several science fiction novels, which gained him the name-Father of Modern Science Fiction.
他致力于文學(xué)事業(yè),寫了一些科幻小說,這讓他贏得了"現(xiàn)代科幻小說之父"的美名。
2 From this story, we can see the author's deep love for the sea, travel and adventure, which played a vital role in his life.
我們從這部小說可以看出作者對于海洋、旅行和冒險(xiǎn)的熱愛,這些在他的生活中起著至關(guān)重要的作用。
3 We are also astonished and amazed by his fertile imagination and scientific and geographical knowledge.
他豐富的想象力和科學(xué)地理知識也使我們驚訝并折服。