Home » Wolf Totem
Product Image

Wolf Totem

Jiang Rong
€22.99
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
a column of fire
a fine balance
A01=Jiang Rong
asia
atonement
Author_Jiang Rong
brighton rock
c j sansom
carlos ruiz zafon
catch 22
Category=FBA
chinese
classic
dunstan
elizabeth is missing
endo
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_modern-contemporary
eq_nobargain
everyone brave is forgiven
his bloody project
i capture the castle
ian mcewan
ishiguro
japan
kazuo
kazuo ishiguro
ken follett
man booker prize
martin scorsese
mongols
nutshell
one day
one hundred years of solitude
portugal
rebecca
silence
the alchemist
the children act
the light between oceans
the miniaturist
the underground railroad
underground railroad
we were liars
william eggleston

Product details

  • ISBN 9780141027876
  • Weight: 373g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 26 Mar 2009
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description

Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia, where he discovers life of apparent idyllic simplicity amongst the nomads and the wild wolves who roam the plains. But when members of the People's Republic swarm in from the cities to bring modernity and productivity to the grasslands, the peace of Chen's solitary existence is shattered, and the delicate balance between humans and wolves is disrupted. Only time will tell whether the grasslands' environment and culture will ever recover...

Wolf Totem has been a sensation ever since it shot to the top of the Chinese bestseller charts in 2004. A beautiful and moving portrayal of a land and culture that no longer exists, it is also a powerful portrait of modern China and a fascinating insight into the country's own view of itself, its history and its people.
About Jiang Rong
Jiang Rong was born in Beijing in 1946. In 1967, he volunteered to join the first wave of intellectuals who moved to the countryside, and lived as a nomad on the outer edges of Inner Mongolia for 11 years. In 1978, he returned to Beijing, where he took a postgraduate degree in economics, and took a position as an economics professor at a Beijing university. He lives in Beijing with his wife, the renowned author and feminist critic Zhang Kangkang. Wolf Totem is his first novel.

More from this author