The Land's Staircase - A Collection of Works by A Lai

Author: A Lai
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: A Lai is a Tibetan writer whose creative career began with poetry. His poems, written in pure and beautiful language with transcendent imagery, depict the yet vast and tranquil life on the plateau. Since the mid-1980s of the last century, A Lai has attempted to portray the life of Tibetans through narrative. He transcends the pastoral style of writing, using pure and fluent Chinese to express the living conditions of Tibetan farmers in agricultural areas, showcasing their dignity and confusion. A Lai does not speak as an advocate, shouting and crying out, but quietly listens to the beating heart of a nation and amplifies this voice. This "cross-ethnic writing" exhibits a dazzling and unique hue. The long-form geographical prose "The Staircase of the Earth" was written in 2000. A Lai views the series of mountains gradually ascending from the Chengdu Plain to the top of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as the "staircase of the earth," and his words are as majestic and varied as the scenery.