余华
简介
福贵本是个阔少爷，可他嗜赌如命，终于赌光了家业，一贫如洗。他的父亲被他活活气死，母亲则在穷困中患了重病，福贵前去求药，却在途中被国民党抓去当壮丁。经过几番波折回到家里，才知道母亲早已去世，妻子家珍含辛茹苦地养大两个儿女。此后更加悲惨的命运一次又一次降临到福贵身上，他的妻子、儿女和孙子相继死去，最后只剩福贵和一头老牛相依为命，但老人依旧活着，仿佛比往日更加洒脱与坚强。
Xu Fugui, son of a local rich man, is a compulsive gambler. After he gambles away the entire family fortune, his father dies with grief and indignation. The Chinese civil war is occurring at the time, and Fugui is forced to join the national army. By the time he finally returns home two years later, he finds his mother has died of a stroke, and his daughter has become mute and lost most of her hearing from a fever. Years later, Fugui's only son dies due to medical negligence while he was donating blood. The daughter finally grows up and finds a husband. They are a happy couple until she dies from giving birth to their son. Soon after that, Fugui's wife dies of osteomalacia, and his son-in-law dies in a construction accident. Eventually, even Fugui's last relative, his grandson Kugen, chokes to death while eating beans. Finally out of relatives, Fugui buys an old ox to accompany him. While it seems like the world holds nothing left for Fugui, he never gives up. Fugui believes there is still hope that things will get better.
