The Last Chieftain

The Last Chieftain

内容介绍
About the autor:
Ye Mei, a female writer of Tujia ethnic nationality, is currently a member of the presidium of China Writers' Association. To date, she has published novels, novellas, and prose that, amongst many others, include The Melancholy Dragon Boat River, The Moth in May,My Xilankapu , River Threading through Lameng. Her critical studies include "Studies on Ye Mei". Many of her works have been awarded literary prizes and been reprinted and translated into other languages. One can discern in her novels an inspiring perspective in her expressions of racial culture and her criticisms and reflections on modernity. Rather than a plaintive or an overly critical voice that deplores, in an exaggerated manner, the ruptures between ethnic culture and modern civilization,she has approached her themes from the standpoint of transcendence, with the utmost demonstration of the beauty of her ethnic and regional cultures, which constitutes a significant reflection on the modern Chinese literary tradition.

About the book:
The Last Tusi tells a story of a Tujia village in the Three Gorges wracked by war. Wu Niang, a mute girl gifted with exceptional intelligence, accidentally encounters Li An, an outsider arrested and punished by the Tujia. The chief of the Tujia people, Qin Yao, promises to marry Wu Niang to Li An. However, the night before Wu Niang becomes his bride, she makes a decision that will change their lives forever.


Contents
Flower Tree, Flower Tree 1
Dragon Boat River Full of Sorrow 74
Cave Within the Mountains 143
The Moth in May 195
The Last Chieftain 252

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