Songs from the Forest
Songs from the Forest
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Published:
16 October, 2020
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Description
Since ancient times, Jiwo village and its forests have been a sanctuary. Man, beast and those somewhere in between live in harmony, all part of a timeless chorus, until one day a discordant note strikes with the emergence of the tyrant Tang Laotuo and his son Tang Tong, stripping the land bare to feed their expanding industrial empire.
Among the natives in the spreading dusty haze is the beautiful hedgehog spirit Mei Di, and her headstrong husband Liao Mai. Their home is a rural utopia threatened by the foul noise and smoke belching from the Tang’s factories.
As the bulldozers rumble ever closer, the change not only strains the lovers’ relationship but also puts Jiwo’s age-old balance in jeopardy. A reckoning will surely come one day, and as silence falls, will anyone still remember the old songs?
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781910760987 |
| ISBN10 | 1910760986 |
| Number Of Pages | 514 |
| Item Weight | 484 g |
| Product Dimensions | 140 x 216 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | ACA Publishing Limited |
| Format | paperback |
Author's Bio
Zhang Wei is a contemporary writer and vice chairman of the China Writers Association. He has authored twenty-one novels, and as of 2014, forty-eight volumes of his collected works have been published. He has won many national literary prizes, including the Mao Dun Literature Award, and his writing has been translated into dozens of languages, including English, Japanese, French, and German. Haiwang Yuan is Professor Emeritus at Western Kentucky University in the US, and Guest Professor of English at Nankai University, China. He is a writer, translator and translation consultant. He has authored and co-authored many books, including Tibetan Folktales, Tales from the Other Peoples of China, The Magic Lotus Lantern, Other Tales from the Han Chinese and This is China: The First 5,000 Years. Among two dozen of his translations are Songs from the Forest, There is a Fish in the Desert, Open-Air Cinema and Illustrated Stories of Chinese Characters for Children. He has consulted on the translation of two Sinoist Books titles.