空山（第一部 英文）

　　《空山》描写了上个世纪50年代末期到90年代初，发生在一个叫机村的藏族村庄里的6个故事，主要人物有近三十个。《空山》由《随风飘散》和《天火》两部分组成，《随风飘散》写了私生子格拉与有些痴呆的母亲相依为命，受尽屈辱，最后含冤而死。《天火》写了在一场森林大火中，巫师多吉看到wen革中周围世界发生的种种变化。　HollowMountaintellsthestoryofJivillage，andtheeventsthatoccurredtherebetweentheendofthe1950sandthebeginningofthe1990s.Thisbookisthefirstpartofthetrilogy.　AsChinateeteredatthebrinkofanoncomingeraofmadnessandmassconfusion，achildnamedGela，abright　youngsoulaspureasthedrivensnow，meetsalonelydeath.Theboy’sdeathisonlythebeginningofthedisasterawaitingJivillage.Severalyearslater，ahugewildfireignitestheforestssurroundingthetinysettlement.Amidstthebestialfuryoftheflames，awebofconnectedstoriesemerges…　Theauthor，Alai，deftlyweavestogethercomplexthemes：therelationshipsbetweenhumanityandnature，the　massivesocialchangethatmarksthecomingofanewepochforaminorityethnicity，andtheexcessesofthe　CulturalRevolution，whichisrepresentedinthenovelbyadevastatingforestfire.

　　阿来，男，藏族，1959年生于四川省马尔康县，当代著名作家，茅盾文学奖史上zui年轻获奖者，四川省作协主席，兼任中国作协第八届全国委员会主席团委员。　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.