Urho
by Hongke
About This Novel
"Singer of the Western Regions, Poet of the Soul" Hong Ke's work collection series, highly appreciated by Li Jingze and Jia Pingwa. "Urho" tells the emotional story between two men and a woman living in Urho. The bond between the three people is accompanied by local legends, which seems quite mysterious and magical: According to the legend, in order to save the herdsmen on the grassland, Hailibu, a Mongolian hunter, was willing to turn himself into stone and spread the news about the impending disaster that he heard from the birds. Ancient legends are connected with contemporary life, creating a strange chemical reaction. Hong Ke weaves the two together in a way that blends reality and imagination, legend and life, and gives the soul of Hailibu in the myth to the heroes of the new era, showing readers the unique life of the Mongolian people on the Gobi grasslands of Xinjiang.
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