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The Last Quarter Of The Moon: A Novel (Seedbank)
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In This Sweeping Epic, Full Of Love And Loss, A Woman From One Of The Last Remote ReindeerHerding Tribes Of Northeastern China Tells The Story Of Her Family And The Last Century Of Her CountryS History.A LongTime Confidante Of The Rain And Snow, I Am Ninety Years Old. The Rain And Snow Have Weathered Me, And I Too Have Weathered Them.At Dawn, An Elder Sits Among The Birch Trees While The Rest Of Her Tribe Descend The Mountain To Permanently Inhabit The Town At Its Base. A Member Of The Nomadic Evenki Tribe, Who Traverse The Forested Mountains Of ChinaS Eastern Edge With Herds Of Reindeer, She Tells The Tale Of Her Life To The Rain And Fire, A Life Lived In Close Communion With Nature At Its Most Beautiful And Cruel. Over The Course Of The Twentieth Century, Her World Is Pushed To The Margins Of Empire And Industrialization. But Holding Steadfast Against The Fray Of Chinese, Japanese, And Russian NationBuilding And Resource Extraction Is The ElderS Abiding And Tender Attention To Her PeopleS Core RelationshipsHuman, Animal, Spiritual, EnvironmentalWhich In Itself Becomes An Act Of Resistance.An Illuminating Translation By Bruce HumesWith An Introduction By Diane Wilson, Author Of The Seed KeeperThe Last Quarter Of The Moon Renders An Evenki Experience Of Interdependence And Reciprocity With The Natural World. Wilderness Is Infused With Domestic Life And Spiritual Intervention: Reindeer Herding And Ice Fishing, Shamanic Songs And Rites, And Tallies Of Marriages, Births, And Deaths. Contending With The Preservation Of Tradition And Legacy Alongside The Threat Of Progress And Displacement, Acclaimed Author Chi Zijian Depicts Lives That Resist The March Of Modernization, Speaking Profoundly To The Real Endangerment Of Indigenous Communities And Knowledge Across The World.Winner Of The Mao Dun Literature Prize, ChinaS Most Prestigious Literary Award, The Last Quarter Of The Moon Asserts That All Is Shared And Interconnected, Humbly Challenging Us To Bear Witness To Both Loss And Wonder.
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