- Mao Dun Literature Prize 2005 · Nominee
Desert Rites
大漠祭 · Damo ji
Xue Mo (雪漠)
Translated by Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin
English editions
In EnglishDesert Rites
Ruxue International Media · United States · 24 December 2024 · Paperback · 486 pages
On the edge of the Tengger Desert, the farmer Lao Shun and his family fight to stay alive, weighed down by poverty and inherited ideas, sustained by thin love and stubborn hope, and torn by partings, deaths and tangled feelings. Many characters have models in people the author knew.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- China
- First published
- 2000 by Shanghai Culture Publishing House
- ISBN
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9798889910114 (Ruxue International Media, United States)