Wolf City

Author: Shang Zhifa
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: The novel revolves around the life-and-death love story between a Jurchen widow and a Northern Song prince, portraying the unique spiritual state of the Heishui people in that era—life and death, love and hatred, spirit and flesh, primitive and civilization, loyalty and betrayal, harm and care, the conflict and fusion of northern and southern cultural personalities, people's dependence on and struggle against nature. It also features unique and strange ancient ethnic customs, the mysterious and ethereal world of shamans, the desolate and vast Northeast Asian plains, and the heroic and fierce national spirit of the Jurchen people in harsh and remote lands, all of which contribute to the distinctive cultural style of the work.