Ep 69 - Xue Mo and The Women, the Camels, and the Dholes with Sarah Lam and Nicola Clayton
The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast
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The Desert Trilogy by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Licon Lyn
He's famous as an author now in china. But he also, quite fascinatingly, is famous as a brand. His name has sort of become a brand as well as his sort of cred. So from these small beginnings in a village where, you know, he had th comic book of the odd school and school book. The holy monk and the spirit woman actually became the third of a trilogythat he calls the soul trilogy. And he wrote two other books, i believe, after thatmexc so i'm less familiar with those books. He writes a basically self help, self help books, or spiritual guidance books. An epic poem called so sa lang ii,
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