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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.

《生死疲劳》

管谟业，更为人所熟知的是其笔名"莫言"，是位中国小说家和短篇小说家。2012年，莫言作为一名作家，因其作品"用虚幻现实主义将民间故事、历史和现代融为一体"被授予诺贝尔文学奖。

莫言是位多产的作家，只用42天就写完了《生死疲劳》。这部历史小说描写了20世纪下半叶中国的发展史。主人公西门闹是一个富裕的地主，在土改时被处死并转世投胎为各种动物。小说正是通过他的眼睛--更确切地说，是通过各种动物的眼睛--来观察和体味中国农村的变迁的。

尽管这部小说的叙事风格有时很难叫人明白，我还是很喜欢这本奇妙的书。

道长点评

读书报告是报告的一种。首先可以简单介绍作者的生平、作品创作的社会历史背景等。主体应写故事梗概，注意客观、完整、忠实原著;小说用现在时，非小说作品沿用原著时态(历史类使用过去时，科普类使用现在时或将来时)。末段应提出自己的看法，评论优缺点，探讨作品对现在及将来的影响，或评论作品的风格和表现手法。

pen name 笔名

novelist 小说家

short story 短篇小说

award 授予

Nobel Prize in Literature 诺贝尔文学奖

hallucinatory 如梦似幻的

realism 现实主义

merge 融合

folk tale 民间故事

contemporary 现代的

prolific 多产的

historical 历史题材的

fiction 小说

depict 描写

development 发展

latter 后面的

protagonist 主人公

landlord 地主

execute 处死

reincarnate 投胎，转世

land reform movement 土地改革运动

transformation 变革

rural 农村的

observe 观察

narrative style 叙事风格

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.

他致力于文学事业，写了一些科幻小说，这让他赢得了"现代科幻小说之父"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.

我们从这部小说可以看出作者对于海洋、旅行和冒险的热爱，这些在他的生活中起着至关重要的作用。

3 We are also astonished and amazed by his fertile imagination and scientific and geographical knowledge.

他丰富的想象力和科学地理知识也使我们惊讶并折服。

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