dust settled

◎Award-winning work of the 5th Mao Dun Literature Award, a literary classic that sells millions of copies

◎A Lai, a heavyweight writer who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature consecutively, is the youngest winner in the history of the Mao Dun Literature Prize

◎From the perspective of a young fool who has the ability to see foresight, tells the story of the collapse of the last chieftain family on the snowy plateau

◎Poetic and vivid language | Inspired by Tibetan folklore | An allegory of the ups and downs of an era

◎The exclusive finalized edition approved by Alai, which was newly published on the 20th anniversary of the Mao Dun Literature Award. The book comes with 3 exquisite real-shot cards and a limited edition with Alai's private seal

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【brief introduction】

A prominent old Tibetan magi chieftain gave birth to a foolish son with a Han wife after drinking. This idiot that everyone thinks is out of tune with real life, but he has a premonition ability and behavior beyond the times. When other chieftains were planting opium poppies, the idiot young master suddenly suggested planting wheat instead. As a result, opium was oversupplied and no one cared about it. A large number of hungry people defected to Mai Qi's command. Beautiful wife Tana, and opened the first border trade market in Kham area. However, when the foolish young master returned to Maiqi Chieftain's official village, a bloody storm about inheritance rights within the family quietly kicked off...

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【Recommended by famous experts】

The language is light and charming, full of clever poetry, which shows the author's outstanding artistic talent. ——The 5th Mao Dun Literary Award Speech

I believe that in Alai, writing is a divine thing, and everything is left to chance. When the chance comes, the story will naturally emerge from someone's consciousness and spread in the world. —— Tie Ning

The success of "Dust Settled" is not so much a success of narrative as a success of language, in the final analysis it is a success of poetic and heterogeneous expression. —— Jidi Majia

His telling is a play of signifiers, renaming everything and everything in his world with extraordinary sensibility. That's when the dust settled. ——Li Jingze

Relying on his determination, creativity and tenacious spirit of exploration as a writer, Alai can not only creatively absorb the elements of Latin American magic realism, but also successfully get rid of the influence from the masters of Latin American novels, so as to avoid becoming a prostrate at the feet of the masters. reptile. ——Qiu Huadong

Alai's novels are full of "simplicity", which in a certain sense is "anti-technology". His words run freely in the fictional space. Simple, simple, elegant and poetic language is natural and does not seek brilliance, especially "clumsy", which is old and honest. Therefore, such "clumsy" is inevitably without treacherous, sometimes A "Zen machine" that will go beyond the boundaries of the narrative. - Zhang Xuexin

Rather than saying that Alai is good at telling about Tibetan life, it is better to say that what he is good at telling is the division, wandering, uneasiness and secret pain of people living in the cracks of heterogeneous cultures. ——Zhang Li