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- Dust Settles 尘埃落定 A powerful Kham Tibetan chieftain, after drinking, fathers a foolish son with his Han Chinese wife. Everyone is convinced the boy is an idiot, and he seems out of step with reality, yet he possesses preternatural foresight and behavior. He becomes a witness to the rise and fall of the chieftain system. The novel tells a vivid, winding, and moving story, using passionate prose and a detached perspective to portray the rich ethnic customs and romantic mystique of the chieftain system. 239.1kClicks311Favorites0Recs
- Mushroom Circle 蘑菇圈 This book consists of two novellas, "Mushroom Circle" and "Three Cordyceps." Sijiong, the protagonist of "Mushroom Circle," lives through the absurd political years and into the present, witnessing countless changes in people and circumstances. With a pure force of survival, he faces the unpredictability of the times. The novella carries on Alai's consistent focus on the people of Tibet. His writing is richly poetic, blending reality into an ethereal sense of time and embracing the history of a 39kClicks90Favorites0Recs
- Three Cordyceps 三只虫草 Three Wormwood Plants tells the story of Sangji and his family, along with the whole village, as they toil in the mountains gathering caterpillar fungus during the harvest season. The novel follows two threads. One is Sangji's coming-of-age story. A good student in both conduct and academics, Sangji skips school to go home and gather fungus to help support his family, carrying a simple, sincere love of life. The other is the fungus's journey. Its growth, harvesting, purchase, gifting, consumptio 10.8kClicks12Favorites0Recs
- The Red Fox 红狐 This book was carefully written by the author for readers, allowing more people to gain knowledge from its pages and broaden their own understanding. It is a collection of the author's classic novellas, short stories, and essays. It offers a complete picture of the creative achievements, artistic sensibilities, and intellectual depth of generations of Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning writers. 6.3kClicks18Favorites0Recs
- Unsettled Dust: A Lai's Essays from Tibet 落不定的尘埃:阿来藏地随笔 This book is a selection of the finest essays by Mao Dun Literature Prize winner A Lai. It is divided into three parts. The most important features A Lai's writing on the customs and landscapes of Tibetan areas in western Sichuan: a place the world is quick to misunderstand, where reality and historical legend intertwine, and where a land shaped by centuries of legend and upheaval has found peace. Another part shares A Lai's reflections on reading foreign writers while ill, a dialogue between wr 6.2kClicks15Favorites0Recs
- The Silversmith Under the Moonlight 月光下的银匠 Back in my hometown valley, whenever the full moon rises, people say, "Listen, the silversmith is working again." The full moon climbs high into the sky, its hazy light making the valley seem even more desolate, while everything around grows blurred and distant. Then listen closely: from the moonlight, or perhaps from the moon itself, comes the sound of a silversmith hammering silver... 5.4kClicks8Favorites0Recs
