Wolf Totem: A Novel (Movie Tie-In) (Paperback) by Jiang Rong, Howard Goldblatt

from subscriber

I read the book with enjoyment (despite some of the declamatory style). I see it as a treatise on ecology and politics set in the form of a novel. During the cultural revolution several students live as herders with Mongol nomads. Ecoloogy of grasslands. A fragile ecosystem that can turn to deser...

from AHS-Wolfy

Chen Zhen is a Chinese student, volunteers to spend some time in the countryside at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Sent to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia to live and work among the nomadic people whose way of life hasn't changed in centuries. Taken under the wing of Bilgee, a tribal ...

from pbjwelch

Importance of wolves in steppe culture; importance of steppe culture to China.

from Edith1

Written by a Chinese author who spent a few years in Inner Mongolia during the Cultural Revolution. It is a fictional story, but since most of the book is about the nomadic lifestyle of the Mongols, presumably many details are rooted in reality. On the one hand I found it a very interesting book ...

from MarcusAverius

An inspirational book with a deeply meditative feel. Ecological sustainability is artfully blended with shamanistic attitudes and offers to educate the reader in the ways of observation and acceptance.