Western in the body

Author: Zeng Zhe
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Just as there are clouds, wind, rain, snow, frost, mist, thunder, and lightning in the sky, and mountains, rivers, gorges, deserts, and Gobi on the ground, there is also a western complex in the depths of the human heart, filled with wilderness, solitude, grandeur, and desolation. Thus, one sets out alone from the capital to explore the western regions, wandering and drifting through Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan-Tibet, and the ethnic minority villages of Yunnan-Guizhou-Guangxi, experiencing the west with one's feet and feeling it with one's heart. Only then did they encounter deserts and hardships, beg in border towns, race with bears, be chased by packs of wolves, sleep alongside bones, and have conversations with death, seek out wild men and, get stabbed by fugitives, and be entangled by "Gorbachev's illegitimate daughter." They encountered gangsters dealing in smuggled firearms, drug dealers, and traveling entertainers, met with love and abnormal relationships, and witnessed all kinds of mysterious and bizarre emotional and life stories. The book truly records the colorful and diverse journey of drifting and the unique ways of survival and emotional expression of the western ethnic groups, possessing a shocking artistic charm.