Distant sunflower field

This book is a collection of Li Juan's latest writings, which she started writing in the past two years and published in her column "Distant Sunflower Field" at the Wenhui Daily Writers' Club.
"Sunflower Field" is located on the south bank of the Ulungur River in the Altai Gobi steppe. It's a barren patch of land contracted and cultivated by Li Juan's mother many years ago. As always, Li Juan uses her delicate and vivid writing style to record the people who work there and the simple yet diverse details of their lives: her hardworking and optimistic mother, her elderly and ailing grandmother, her dogs Big Ugly and Little Saihu, her chickens, ducks, and geese, and the 90 acres of sunflower fields that flourished only to be destroyed and replanted by goitered gazelles... The film depicts not only the tenacity and hard work of her mother and the people of the borderland, but also their inner hopes and perseverance, expressing their concerns for the environment and their doubts about survival. It presents an experience of living completely exposed to nature, fragile and insignificant, yet rich with joy and dignity.

2017-11-01

花城出版社

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9787536084469