Borrow me a lifetime

Author: Yu Qiuyu
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: "Borrow Me a Life" is Yu Qiuyu's "farewell work" to the Chinese cultural circle, involving many unknown experiences of him and his family. It also depicts the "exposé" and "criticism" modes of the Cultural Revolution era from his predecessors to himself. The author weaves together plain and authentic memories to create a literary work. "I have always disapproved of artists becoming too emotional during the creative process, but writing this book often made me unable to stop crying." "Borrow Me a Life" is Mr. Yu's journey through life, his spirit of defying adversity and constantly breaking through, and a family epic written in the style of prose. His unique writing style blends experience and argumentation, passion and calmness, macro and detail, and other opposing elements, presenting a comprehensive expressive power.