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To Live by Yu Hua, trans. Michael Berry

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Date & Time

Fri, 20 Mar 2026

19:00 - 21:00

Venue

Gulp Fiction

Unit 28, 29 Covered Market,, Oxford, Oxford

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About this event

Discuss 'To Live' by Yu Hua, translated by Michael Berry, with fellow book lovers.

Why you should come

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• Discuss Yu Hua's 'To Live', a defining literary portrait of modern Chinese history.

• Explore themes of hardship and humanity in a banned novel.

Event Highlights

  • Discuss 'To Live' by Yu Hua, translated by Michael Berry.
  • Explore a modern Chinese classic originally banned in China.
  • Understand 20th-century China through the eyes of an ordinary man.
  • Learn about the inspiration from the American folk song “Old Black Joe”

Speaker

Peter M.

Organized by: Oxford Books in Translation – Reading Group

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