Summary
The million-copy Chinese bestseller and winner of the 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize
Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia, where he discovers life of apparent idyllic simplicity amongst the nomads and the wild wolves who roam the plains. But when members of the People’s Republic swarm in from the cities to bring modernity and productivity to the grasslands, the peace of Chen’s solitary existence is shattered,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141027876 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141027878 |
| Author: | Jiang Rong |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 373g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 32mm |
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‘Enlightening, poignant, mysterious - and a miracle’ Literary Review ‘A refreshingly new perspective on the Cultural Revolution … harsh and beautiful’ Times Literary Supplement ‘[A] naturalistic, gripping, and deeply affecting novel reminding us how badly we humans have managed our world. Highly recommended.’ Library Journal
About The Author
Jiang Rong
Jiang Rong was born in Beijing in 1946. In 1967, he volunteered to join the first wave of intellectuals who moved to the countryside, and lived as a nomad on the outer edges of Inner Mongolia for 11 years. In 1978, he returned to Beijing, where he took a postgraduate degree in economics, and took a position as an economics professor at a Beijing university. He lives in Beijing with his wife, the renowned author and feminist critic Zhang Kangkang. Wolf Totem is his first novel.
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