内容简介
Fromtheacclaimed-andcontroversial-Chinesenovelist,"Brothers"isabig-spiritedcomedyofsocietyrunningamokinmodernChina.WhenBaldyLi'smothermarriesSongGang'sfathertheirlivesbecomeentangled.Thenwhenboththeirparentsdie,SongGangswearsnevertoforsakehisyoungerbrother.Intheevent,though,bothareundonebytheirloveforonewoman.Sprawling,rambunctious,energeticandbrutal,Brothersisadizzyingrollercoasterridethroughlifeinanewlycapitalistworld.'YuHuahaslongbeenconsideredoneofChina'smostimportantnovelists'-NellFreudenberger.'ThisismodernChinacomingtotermswithitselfinamixtureofgore,laughterandself-mockery'-"Independent".'"Brothers"givesuscontemporaryChinawithapicaresquepanachethatWesterncriticshavebeenquicktocallRabelaisian,butwhichisactuallyChinesealltheway'-"FinancialTimes".'YuHuaeffortlesslymovesfromthegrotesquetothetragicandfromtheironictothedramatic...ThereisHemingwayinYuHua,certainly,butalsoStendhal'-"LeMonde".
作者简介
YuHuawasbornin1960inZhejiang,China.HefinishedhighschoolduringtheCulturalRevolutionandworkedasadentistforfiveyearsbeforebeginningtowritein1983.He'ssincepublishedfournovels,sixstoryandthreeessaycollections,andhisworkhasbeentranslatedintoFrench,German,Italian,Dutch,Spanish,Japanese,andKorean.In2002,hebecamethefirstChinesewritertowintheprestigiousJamesJoyceFoundationAward,andtwoofhisnovels--ToLiveandChroniclesofaBloodMerchant--werelistedinthetoptenmostinfluentialChinesebooksofthelastdecade.YuHuanowlivesinBeijing.