-The award-winning writer Xue Mo will exhibit at the Frankfurt Buchmesse 2022 literary works that portray life in western China
FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese writer Xue Mo has brought more than thirty books, including his famous work Into the Desert, to present a themed exhibition at the booth of the China International Book Trading Corporation ("CIBTC") at the 74th Frankfurter Buchmesse, and plans to hold talks with publishers and international organizations to discuss cooperation on book copyright.
Frankfurt Buchmesse, which will be held from October 19 to 23 in Germany, is the world's largest trade center for digital and print content, and the annual book extravaganza is considered "the indicator of world cultures." At booth 6.2 B110, CIBTC will showcase some of the Chinese literary giant's best-known books, along with Selected Stories by Xue Mo, a collection of wonderful stories about the culture, life and spirit of Western China, which has been translated to more than 20 languages.
A scholar of culture and a prolific writer, author of more than a hundred literary and cultural works, Xue Mo, whose real name is Chen Kaihong, creates in his books a myriad of characters with his unique spirituality and powerful imagination, who transport his readers to the heart of the rural areas of western China to witness their struggle, their love, their death and their faith in search of hope and eternity.
Xue Mo has been nominated three times for the Mao Dun Literature Prize, one of the most prestigious in China, and among his best-known works worldwide are Desert Rites and White Tiger Pass. His Suosalang, an epic poem of eighty thousand lines and more than a million words, born from his own study and lifelong practice, helps to fill the lack of epic poetry in Chinese literary history, which is also acclaimed. by literary critics as one of the greatest epic fantasies whose majestic scope rivals The Lord of the Rings and A Song of Ice and Fire.
Into the Desert, a story included in Xue Mo's complete novel White Tiger Pass, is steeped in symbolism. It is a fable about human destiny, a story of two interdependent women -Lanlan and Ying'er- who venture into a desert in search of a new life. The dichotomous characters of the two heroines represent the contradictory mentality with which everyone can identify in the face of the struggles and pains of life, and their confrontation with the monstrous beasts of the desert, the dholes, symbolizes the inevitable dangers that lurk in the world. road to freedom. Their perseverance, composure, and fearlessness allow them to finally get out of harm's way, and it is also these qualities that helped Xue Mo, and everyone associated with the story, navigate their own wilderness. The wisdom that flows from her fingertips enlightens the hearts of countless readers.
"The desire to seek hope is not limited to people living in western China or the country, but is shared by all mankind. They may expect different things and find hope through different means, but one word can define what they really pursue: eternity. All human beings try to pursue eternity, whether it is eternal health, happiness, relationship or love. To do this, each one ventures into his own desert", he added.
For more information on Xue Mo's works, please visit: //www.xuemo.cn/en.
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