"Year, Month, Day" Author: Yan Lianke Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House

French Education Center recommends national middle school students to read

A classic work by Yan Lianke, a contemporary literary master, that cleanses the literary world

Won the international "Anti-Hunger Book Award", the 2nd Lu Xun Literature Award, the 8th "Novel Monthly" Hundred Flowers Award, and the 4th Shanghai Novella Award!

The Book of Watchers in a Desolate World!

"What would it be like if the day of human sacrifice came and there was only one person and one seed left in the world?"

A drought that happened once in a thousand years came, and all the people in the village left, leaving only the grandfather, a blind dog, and a single corn seedling. The sunlight was so scorching that it could measure the weight of light. How could one man and one dog guard a tiny bit of hope and survive? In the repeated cycle of years, months, and days, the harder the sun was, the more powerful life became.

Life is like walking in a long night. I believe that those who wait devoutly will eventually see the light from the spirit.

Yan Lianke

Born in Song County, Henan Province in 1958, he enlisted in the army in 1978, began writing in 1979, and retired in 2004. He is currently a professor at the School of Literature of Renmin University of China and Xian Weijian Visiting Professor of Chinese Culture at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

He has won the first and second Lu Xun Literature Awards and the third Lao She Literature Award; was shortlisted for the 2012 French Femina Literature Award, and was shortlisted and longlisted for the Booker International Prize in 2013, 2016 and 2017; won the 12th Malaysia Huazong World Chinese Literature Award, the 2014 Kafka International Literature Award, the 2015 Japan Twitter Literature Award, and the 2016 Sixth World Chinese Novel Award - Dream of Red Mansions Award.

His works have been translated into more than 30 languages, including Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, French, English, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, and Portuguese.