¿From that moment onwards, the dog and I both found ourselves incapable of ever cherishing a sense of belonging.¿Constantly bickering with her shallow friend Brow, beginning correspondence courses she will never finish, helping sage-like Grandpa Cloud Forest with his mystical healing and stealthily avoiding matrimony with her less-than-impressive fiancé Old Ran, Plum¿s life appears to be puttering along what seems like a tediously predictable path. But when the village home she cherishes comes under threat from big city capitalists, she finds herself thrust into a series of adventures with a mercurial rogue called Chivalry.
This raucous, and at times achingly poignant tale combines earthy humour, ancient wisdom and thrilling action to highlight the impact of creeping urbanisation on traditional country folk.
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Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 129 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-1-912436-69-9 (9781912436699)
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Jia Pingwa is the chairman of the Shaanxi Writers Association and one of the most influential contemporary Chinese writers. His representative works include "Turbulence", "Waste Capital", "Shaanxi Opera", "Ancient Stove", "Shanben", "Records of Qinling Mountains", "Tales of Rivers and Mountains", and others. His works have won numerous major awards, including the Mao Dun Literature Award, Lu Xun Literature Award, and Shi Naian Literature Award, and have been translated into over 40 languages such as English, French, German, and Russian for publication. They have also been adapted into various artistic forms such as films, TV dramas, and plays.