Cry for Life

Zhang Yawen was born and raised in grinding poverty in the extreme

climate and isolation of rural Northeast China, an experience that imbued

her with a fierce desire to survive and to make something of herself. She

tells us of the hardships she endured to attend school as a girl living in the

wilderness, the tragic stories of her sisters, and her struggle to lift herself

out of...

Zhang Yawen was born and raised in grinding poverty in the extreme

climate and isolation of rural Northeast China, an experience that imbued

her with a fierce desire to survive and to make something of herself. She

tells us of the hardships she endured to attend school as a girl living in the

wilderness, the tragic stories of her sisters, and her struggle to lift herself

out of a lifetime of drudgery to become a professional writer and reporter.

As a writer who came from one of the most disadvantaged corners of

Chinese society, Zhang offers the reader a view of the world which has

rarely been expressed in the English language. Her strength and grit can be

felt in every page.

《生命的呐喊》真实记述了“中国阿信”张雅文震撼人心的奋斗历程。既是张雅文个体生命的呐喊，也是一个中国女性历经磨难的性格史、忠贞不渝的情感史、自强不息的奋斗史。中译出版社（原中国对外翻译出版有限公司）凭借强大的翻译团队为这本书做出了英文的诠释，赋予了此书新的生命。

张雅文：中国作家协会会员，中国报告文学学会会员，国家一级作家，中国作家协会黑龙江分会、黑龙江省作家协会副主席，国家政府津贴享受者。2015年其作品《盖世太保枪口下的中国女人》成为国礼被习近平总书记赠与比利时国王。