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The poet travels from her home in the United States to her ancestral village in Shanxi province to bury the ashes of her paternal grandparents in a ritual lasting several days. The narrative arc of the story movingly explores death and life, a multi-branched and multi-generational clan, and ancient and modern belief systems, as it moves toward a tragic climax. First Mountain is bilingual on facing pages, and Zhang Er's third book to be published by Zephyr Press.

First Mountain

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Paperback / softback by Er Zhang , Joseph Donahue

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The poet travels from her home in the United States to her ancestral village in Shanxi province to bury the... Read more

    Publisher: Zephyr Press
    Publication Date: 28/08/2018
    ISBN13: 9781938890932, 978-1938890932
    ISBN10: 1938890930

    Number of Pages: 329

    Fiction , Poetry

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    The poet travels from her home in the United States to her ancestral village in Shanxi province to bury the ashes of her paternal grandparents in a ritual lasting several days. The narrative arc of the story movingly explores death and life, a multi-branched and multi-generational clan, and ancient and modern belief systems, as it moves toward a tragic climax. First Mountain is bilingual on facing pages, and Zhang Er's third book to be published by Zephyr Press.

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