Alive

Number of pages: 307. Author: Yu Hua. Publisher: Madarek Publishing and Distribution. Year of publication: 2018. Novel (Alive) an epic poem depicting the story of life and kindness. And leaves a deep impact on us of goodness and righteousness that is indelible from our memory through ages and centuries. And the writer "Yu Hua" describes the hero of the novel (Fu Qi) as the hero of existence who possesses the distinctive trait that no one could take away from him, which is (the will to live). The word (life) in the novel is characterized by the latent power and the ability to bear responsibility in life. And carries happiness and misery. It bears feelings of boredom and frustration and other emotions and sensations resulting from the difficulty of life. Therefore, the character of the hero makes us believe that life is part of the personal feelings and sensations of each human being and does not belong to the ideas of any other person. The novel begins with the poor old farmer hero who meets the traveler wandering through the countryside collecting folk songs. And from here begins the narration of incidents and memories of his past life that describe the features of social life in China during the twentieth century. He suffers in life from calamities and crises. And knows only suffering and hardships. However, he is full of hope, happiness, and optimism. The novel did not leave room for despair and hopelessness in human life. Because man lives life for the sake of life itself and not for anything outside the scope of life. In short, the novel explains how the Chinese people lived through years of deprivation, suffering, and difficult life. As well as embodying the intimate feelings between a person and his fate. And these are the most influential feelings in human life.