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Interesting book and a very depressing story spanning many decades in the life of Xu Fugui. He is initially so repulsive that I couldn't imagine how I'd ever come to care for him, yet he suffers so much over the course of his life that sympathy did eventually arrive.

What I took from this book-- and what I take to be the meaning of the title --is the message that one should keep on going, keep on living, no matter what tragedy befalls them, because the one true goal is "to live." That was my interpretation of the story here. I guess Xu Fugui was always able to find something to live for when I'm pretty sure most people would not.

So it's a grim book... with a positive message?

Either way, I really enjoyed the journey through peasant life in 20th Century China.