空山

《空山》描寫了上個世紀50年代末期到90年代初，發生在一個叫機村的藏族村莊裏的6個故事，主要人物有近三十個。《空山》由《隨風飄散》和《天火》兩部分組成，《隨風飄散》寫了私生子格拉與有些痴呆的母親相依為命，受盡屈辱，*後含冤而死。《天火》寫了在一場森林大火中，巫師多吉看到wen革中周圍世界發生的種種變化。

HollowMountaintellsthestoryofJivillage,andtheeventsthatoccurredtherebetweentheendofthe1950sandthebeginningofthe1990s.Thisbookisthefirstpartofthetrilogy.

AsChinateeteredatthebrinkofanoncomingeraofmadnessandmassconfusion,achildnamedGela,abright

youngsoulaspureasthedrivensnow,meetsalonelydeath.Theboy’sdeathisonlythebeginningofthedisasterawaitingJivillage.Severalyearslater,ahugewildfireignitestheforestssurroundingthetinysettlement.Amidstthebestialfuryoftheflames,awebofconnectedstoriesemerges…

Theauthor,Alai,deftlyweavestogethercomplexthemes:therelationshipsbetweenhumanityandnature,the

massivesocialchangethatmarksthecomingofanewepochforaminorityethnicity,andtheexcessesofthe

CulturalRevolution,whichisrepresentedinthenovelbyadevastatingforestfire.

Contents

The First Part——Scattered in the Wind 1

The Second Part——Celestial Fire 209

阿來，男，藏族，1959年生於四川省馬爾康縣，當代著名作家，茅盾文學獎史上zui年輕獲獎者，四川省作協主席，兼任中國作協第八屆全國委員會主席團委員。

Alai was born in 1959 in Sichuan Province, of Rgyalrong Tibetan descendent. As well as critically acclaimed collections of poetry, short stories, and essays, he has written a number of novels, including Red Poppies: A Novel of Tibet, which was shortlisted for the 2002 Kiriyama Prize. He was also the chief editor of China’s largest science-fiction journal, Science Fiction World.