Co-translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin, acclaimed translators of Nobel Prize-winning authors. #1 Amazon Best Seller in Asian Literature. The original work was shortlisted for the Mao Dun Literature Award and was adapted into a 20-episode TV series. Desert Rites introduces readers to a remote village, capturing the intricate lives of its inhabitants with psychological depth and vivid realism. Celebrated across China and adapted into the acclaimed TV series Desert Ties, this novel stands as a cornerstone of contemporary Chinese literature, translated by Nobel-Prize-winning translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin.