The Mountain Whisperer

TIME IS A THIEF, BUT NOT DEATH

In a cave high in the ageless mountains of China’s desolate interior, an ancient funeral singer awaits the end. From his deathbed he gives voice to the generations of villagers to whom he devoted his life’s work, and four all-too-human souls whose struggles defined an era.

A soldier, a peasant, a revolutionary and a politician. When revolt and reform take hold of the wartorn plains, all play their debased roles in the mythic cycle of avarice, vengeance and suffering.

As his four tragedies interweave, the cracked lips of the dying sage conjure a stark vision: a retelling of the forging of the People’s Republic – from turbulent birth to absurd reversal – whispered from its uncharted margins.

Author  Jia Pingwa
Original Chinese Name  老生
Translator:
Translator  Christopher Payne
Original Chinese Name  老生
ISBN: PN_65 Category: Tags: , , ,

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Dimensions  N/A
Page Count  544 (PB), 544 (HB)
Author  Jia Pingwa
Translator  Christopher Payne
Format  Ebook, Hardback, Paperback
Status  Active
Year Published  28/05/2021
Original Chinese Name  老生