Top of the Mountains

"Top of the Mountains" is the latest novel by renowned author Chi Zijian after a five-year hiatus. Writing it took two years, and it is a painstaking and magnificent work.
"On Top of the Mountains" is more vast and majestic than "The Right Bank of the Ergun River" and more exciting and wonderful than "White Snow Crow".
The novel is divided into seventeen chapters, including "Saber-Slashing Blade", "Monument Maker", "Wings of Dragon Mountain", "Two Pairs", "White Horse Moonlight", "Sound of Growth", "Chase", "Heroic Song of Grojiang", "From Night to Day", "Second-Hand Goods Festival", "Kidney Source", "Snowstorm", "Rough-Edged Paper Dock", "Flower Master Cave", "Black Pearl", and "Land God Temple". The writing is as magnificent as an epic, yet poetic and lyrical.
On the wing of the vast Longshan Mountains in northern China, lies the small town of Longzhan. Here, Xin Qiza, a butcher; An Xueer, the fairy known as "Xiaoxian" who can predict life and death; An Ping, the bailiff who shot a criminal; Li Suzhen, the funeral parlor barber; the embroiderer; Jin Suxiu, and others—insignificant individuals with diverse backgrounds and personalities—rise in the whirlwind of their respective lives atop the mountains, struggling to find love and be loved, to flee and seek revenge. They strive to find a way out of this strange and uncertain fate. Carrying their own wounded hearts, they strive to uphold human dignity and seek the subtle flame of love...

2015-01-01

人民文学出版社

99 Readers

336

9787020106936