Last of the Robo

Author: Yang Lian
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: In western China, there is a group of people known as the Lop Nur people who have lived by the waters of the Lop Nur for generations. A century ago, under the heavy pressure of environmental degradation, the Lop Nur people abandoned their ancestral home, the "paradise of lush grass and water" – the fishing village of Abudan. The historical fate of the Lop Nur people, the "migration" of Lop Nur, and the rise and fall of the ancient kingdom of Loulan are increasingly becoming focal points of global attention. As both a writer and a scholar, the author of this book has, over the course of more than a decade, repeatedly ventured into the desolate villages along the path of the Lop Nur people's retreat, now transformed into desert, gradually delving into the blind spots of history. With a perspective that connects the past and the present and enriched by their own experiences, they narrate the true stories that have unfolded in the desolate wilderness of Lop Nur over the past century.