simc Posted June 2, 2014 at 09:20 AM Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 at 09:20 AM This is the novel from which the the controversial and popular TV series was adapted. The TV series has already been discussed on this site. One nice thing about this book is it seems quite accessible, and I found the soap opera style plot line about adultery and money troubles quite engaging. I can listen to the audiobook and feel I that I can get the gist of what is going on. The book and audiobook are both available from amazon.cn.I thought that the audiobook was pretty well voice acted. It seems to have the same piece of background music playing for 20 hours, but that didn't really bother me.Okay, lets begin! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simc Posted June 2, 2014 at 09:23 AM Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 at 09:23 AM I've just realized I've put "Snail Office" (is that the commercial property equivalent?) as the title by choosing the wrong character for ju. Not sure if I can change that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 2, 2014 at 09:26 AM Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 at 09:26 AM Fixed the typo for you. If the book is relatively easy to read, this'd be a great choice for Chinese learners. Thanks for posting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simc Posted June 2, 2014 at 10:02 AM Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 at 10:02 AM There is a sentence about Haiping towards her son: 其实孩子离开娘已经两年，海萍对儿子的思念，都快成祥林嫂那样了 Who was 祥林嫂? Seems to be from Lu Xun's novel 祝福. Anyone read it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted June 2, 2014 at 10:59 AM Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 at 10:59 AM 祥林嫂 is from Lun Xun's story and is now used to refer to someone who whines all the time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simc Posted June 7, 2014 at 11:51 AM Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 at 11:51 AM I've finished listening to the audiobook, now I'm going to read it. I've realized that there are two types of language in the book: dialogue between characters and narration. The dialogue between characters is usually easy to understand but the narration is more difficult. If you can understand the dialogue then you can pretty much understand the plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simc Posted July 26, 2014 at 12:20 AM Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 at 12:20 AM I've found another Woju audiobook from TingMedia http://www.tingmedia.com/Story.aspx?id=21398 This one isn't nearly as good as the 道途听说 production, it seems more like it is read out than voice acted. But if you want to study from this book I think there is some value in having the same thing read out by different people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebro Posted May 11, 2018 at 09:49 AM Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 at 09:49 AM Has anyone run this book through Chinese Text Analyser? I'm just wondering how it compares with 活着 in terms of difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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