The film adaptation of a novel by this author adds a hopeful ending unlike the original ending, in which Xu Fugui (“shoo foo-gway”) is left alone with a cow he names “Fugui.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author who also described Xu Sanguan’s (“shoo san-gwen’s”) efforts to support his family through blood donations in Chronicle of a Blood Merchant.
ANSWER: Yu Hua [prompt on Yu]
[10m] Zhang Yimou (“jong ee-MOH”), who adapted Yu Hua’s To Live, also adapted this novel by Mo Yan about a Shandong farming family during World War II.
ANSWER: Red Sorghum: A Novel of China [accept Hóng Gāoliáng Jiāzú]
[10e] Most of Yu Hua’s novels are set during this period in Chinese history. This period spawned scar literature when restrictions on criticism of this period were lifted after the death of Mao Zedong.
ANSWER: Cultural Revolution [accept The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution; accept Wénhuà dàgémìng]
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