Old Xi'an

Author: Jia Pingwa
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book tells the spiritual history of the ancient capital Xi'an and the emotional journey of a renowned writer on the West Road. No photos of old Xi'an? This has puzzled many people. In fact, old Xi'an has scarce photographic materials. The lack of photos of old Xi'an is precisely what old Xi'an is. Xi'an was once called Chang'an, which needs no explanation. It also served as the political, economic, military, and cultural center of the country during 13 feudal dynasties, especially the Han and Tang dynasties, renowned worldwide for its magnificent and prosperous urban landscape. Jia Pingwa is a famous Chinese writer, with major published works including the novels A Record of Shangzhou, Restlessness, The Ruined City, White Night, Tumen, Gao Laozhuang, Remembering the Wolf, Report of Illness, and Qin Qiang, as well as the short stories Tian Gou, Hezi, Feng Xuede, and Wu Kui, along with a large number of essays and. His works have won the National Literature Award five times and the American M?rfel Flying Horse Literature Award, the French Femina Literature Award, and the French Literary and Artistic Honor Award. They have been translated into 20 versions in English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. This book includes Jia Pingwa's long essays Old Xi'an and On the West Road, telling the spiritual history of the ancient capital Xi'an and the emotional journey of a renowned writer on the West Road.