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Chi Zijian

迟子建

Born 1964 · China

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Mao Dun 2008 · Winner

    The Last Quarter of the Moon

    额尔古纳河右岸 · E'erguna He you'an

    Chi Zijian · 41 when first published

    Novel · 311 pages · Nature, Historical

    AI-generated summary:The last chieftain's wife of a band of Evenki reindeer herders on the Chinese bank of the Argun River, now about ninety, tells the story of her people over a century.