Desert Rites
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#1 Amazon Best Seller in Asian Literature.
The original work was shortlisted for the Mao Dun Literature Award and was adapted into a 20-episode TV series.
Desert Rites introduces readers to a remote village, capturing the intricate lives of its inhabitants with psychological depth and vivid realism. Celebrated across China and adapted into the acclaimed TV series Desert Ties, this novel stands as a cornerstone of contemporary Chinese literature, translated by Nobel-Prize-winning translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin.
Xuemo
Xue Mo, formerly known as Chen Kaihong, was born in Liangzhou, Gansu province. He is currently a cultural scholar, China's National First-class Writer, and Vice President of Gansu Writers Association.
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