Zao Kong: A novel on Xinjiang

Zao Kong: A novel on Xinjiang

Mr. Liu Liangcheng, who was famous for writting The Village of One Person ( ), took four years to write a fiction entitled Zao Kong ( , or Hollowed Out). Set in a small town in Xinjiang which was hollowed out by two tunnel-digging fanatics and a huge project of oil-drilling, and narrated from the point of view of a young child whose ears were impaired by stone explosion, the book has triggered a lot of reflections on the impact of modernization on the rustic life of Xinjiang.

Published by Writers Publishing House ( ) and can be read through the following link:

http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_132986.html

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