Totem of Wolves by Jiang Rong
A controversial Chinese tale of environmental destruction, spiritual freedom and the threat modernity poses to the nomadic way of life. It is the final 1960s heyday for the people of the Inner Mongolian grasslands - a time when an age-old balance based on culture and tradition was maintained between the nomads, their livestock, and the wild wolves who roamed the plains. Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote nomadic settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia. There, he discovers life of apparent idyllic simplicity based on an eternal struggle between the wolves and the humans in their fight to survive. Chen learns about the rich spiritual relationship, and respect that only equals can feel, that exists between these adversaries. After many years spent living in solitude, Chen's peace of mind is shattered with the arrival of his kinfolk - Han Chinese, sent from the cities to bring modernity and productivity to the remote grasslands. Once the careful balance between the wolves and humans is disrupted, however, culture and tradition is damaged, and the environment suffers.
Jiang, Rong: - Jiang Rong (pseudonyme) est nü¾Ž–”¼ en 1946 dans une famille de militaires. En 1967, il est volontaire pour aller vivre en Mongolie intü¾Ž–”¼rieure. En 1978, il retourne ü¾Œ†”¼ Pü¾Ž–”¼kin pour achever ses ü¾Ž–”¼tudes et enseigne aujourd'hui les sciences politiques et sociales. Comme son hü¾Ž–”¼ros Chen Zhen, Jiang Rong a passü¾Ž–”¼ onze ans sur la steppe pendant la Rü¾Ž–”¼volution culturelle en compagnie des Mongols et des loups. Sa dü¾Ž–”¼couverte de cette nature sauvage, du mode de vie des Mongols et de leur histoire n'a pas cessü¾Ž–”¼ de l'obsü¾Ž–”¼der depuis trente ans. Il a mis presque six ans ü¾Œ†”¼ ü¾Ž–”¼crire Le Totem du loup, tirant de son expü¾Ž–”¼rience la matiü¾Ž†”¼re de son rü¾Ž–”¼cit.
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| ISBN 13 | 9787535427304 |
| ISBN 10 | 7535427308 |
| Title | Totem of Wolves |
| Author | Jiang Rong |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Changjiang River Literature and Arts Press |
| Year published | 2004-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 408 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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