Desert Hunters is a long fable written by the author Xuemo in a plain and realistic style. Its English translation was also carried out by the famous American sinologists Howard Goldblatt and his wife Sylvia Li-chun Lin.
Through detailed depiction of the living conditions of a group of people in western China, the author elevated the novel’s themes to those about humans’ existence and the environmental problems facing every human being. It reveals the karmic cycles in which humans’ quest to fulfill their desires leads to their own destruction. This is what is different from Desert Rites. In Desert Hunters, every section is a vivid scene of life, and every chapter is a grand depiction of the society.
The following people will like this book: those who love animals and those who wonder about how to create balance between human and nature, and between make a living and exploring the inner world of oneself.