猎原

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《猎原》英文版详情页

• 前言：

那个叫猪肚井的所在，就是一个小小的世界，虽然有着西部的外表，反映出的，却是整个人类。每一个走进猪肚井的人，都怀揣着一个梦，这个梦很简单，就是能摆脱贫穷，但最终，所有人的梦都归于破灭，每个人都被自已的贪婪和愚昧所吞噬，一败涂地。为什么？因为，人类的心灵，就像一个巨大的猎原，虽然看不见，但里面时刻上演着神性和兽性的争斗。人是欲望的猎物。正如我在《猎原》题记中说：“在心灵的猎原上，你我都是猎物。”——雪漠

• 详情描述

（一）内容简介

雪漠在《猎原》序言中以苍凉遒劲的笔触，为读者打开了西部荒漠深处那方名为“猎原”的残酷舞台。开篇即以独特视角，借荒原狼群冷峻的注视，揭示了这片土地亘古不变的生存法则——弱肉强食。作者深刻地将整个天地喻为“大猎原”，万物皆在猎与被猎的链条中挣扎求生。当外部风暴席卷而来时，每个人的心都会随风而动，有彷徨，有挣扎，有焦虑，有疼痛，当然也有希望，有觉醒，更有一种决裂和释然。其人性的高贵与卑劣，灵魂的伟大与渺小，生命的庄严与琐屑，在抢夺草场时一览无遗。

（二）故事核心

✅ 牧民为草场开枪互射，把狼群逼成最不是威胁的敌人。

✅ 盗猎者在利益链条上啃食最后一块腐肉。

✅ 觉醒者孟八爷举着马灯，在沙暴中寻找比生存更重要的答案。

✅当干旱榨干最后一滴水，人性的高贵与兽性开始血肉相搏，每一个选择都指向永恒的叩问：“当世界变成猎场，你甘心当猎物吗？”

专家学者评论

1. 这部《猎原》，值得生活在那口水井以外的人们看一看。与其被那些胡编乱造、胡说八道的电视剧弄得眼花缭乱、心烦意乱，不如来看一看这实实在在的人性与人生。——《人民文学》原主编崔道怡

2. 雪漠不是想去塑造一个生命个体，而是要通过群体的雕塑实现对一个世界的诉说。——《文艺报》总编、著名评论家阎晶明

3. 在冷静平和的描绘中让读者热血沸腾，在不动声色的叙事中让读者震撼不己，这是雪漠在《猎原》中成功运用的艺术手法，也是《猎原》在众多的长篇小说中与从不同之处。——中国社会科学院当代文学研究所研究员、著名评论家白烨

• 适合读者

1. 对中国西北农村、乡土文学感兴趣的读者：

小说以甘肃凉州大漠边缘的猪肚井牧场为背景，极其真实、细致地描绘了当地独特的地理风貌（沙漠、戈壁、绿洲）、严酷的生存环境、农牧民的生产生活方式（放牧、打井、猎狐等）、以及浓郁的民俗风情和方言土语。

读者可以从中深入了解中国西部农村的生存状态、人情世故和文化心理，感受那份苍凉、粗犷与坚韧。

2. 关注生态保护与人与自然关系的读者：

《猎原》的核心主题之一就是生态危机。小说深刻揭示了由于人口增长、过度放牧、争抢水源、无度开荒等人为活动导致的草原沙化、水源枯竭、动物锐减的严峻现实。

它通过孟八爷、猛子、老顺等人物与“猎人”的冲突，以及人与狼、狐、兔等野生动物的关系，探讨了人类在生存需求与生态保护之间的艰难抉择，批判了短视的掠夺性开发，具有强烈的生态警示意义和现实关怀。

3. 喜欢深度人性剖析与社会批判的读者：

雪漠擅长刻画复杂的人性。在严酷的生存压力下，猪肚井的牧民们为了争夺有限的水源和草场，人性中的贪婪、自私、狡诈、愚昧被放大，邻里反目、互相算计甚至暴力冲突不断上演。同时，也不乏善良、坚韧、智慧和无奈。

小说通过这个“小社会”的缩影，深刻反映了现代化进程中农村社会的剧烈震荡、传统价值观的崩塌、以及底层民众在生存困境中的挣扎与迷茫，具有深刻的社会批判性。

4. 欣赏厚重、深刻、具有思想性的现实主义文学的读者：

《猎原》不是轻松愉快的读物，它风格沉郁、厚重，语言质朴有力，带着泥土气息和悲悯情怀。它直面现实的残酷，不回避人性的阴暗面，也不粉饰太平。

它追求思想的深度和艺术的真实感，通过一个草场的命运折射出关乎人类生存的宏大命题（生态、生存、道德），能给读者带来强烈的震撼和深沉的思考。

5. 研究当代文学、地域文学或生态文学的学者和学生：

作为“大漠三部曲”之一（另两部是《大漠祭》《白虎关》），《猎原》是雪漠的代表作，也是中国当代乡土文学和生态文学的重要作品。

它在方言运用、地域文化书写、生态主题的深度开掘、现实主义笔法等方面都具有很高的研究价值。

如果你愿意沉下心来，跟随雪漠的笔触深入那片苍茫大漠，感受那份生存的沉重、人性的复杂以及生态的悲鸣，《猎原》会是一部极具冲击力和思想深度的阅读体验。它更像一面镜子，映照出我们与自然关系的困境和人类自身的局限。

（五）关键词

人性实验场，灵魂求生战，沙漠版饥饿游戏，中国西部荒野生存，草场争夺血泪史，人狼互为猎物，欲望围剿战，生态启示录，干旱末日寓言，心灵猎原理论 ，雪漠欲望解剖学，存在主义西部文学，物质富裕精神贫困，中国生态文学神作，哲学寓言小说，生态灵性，中华西域

Book Description—Desert Hunters (English Edition)

Author’s Note

The place called Pig’s Belly Well is a world unto itself. Though it wears the outward appearance of the Chinese West, what it reflects is all of humanity. Everyone who steps into Pig’s Belly Well carries a dream—a simple one: to escape poverty. But in the end, every dream collapses. Everyone is ruined, swallowed by their own greed and ignorance.
Why? Because the human heart is a vast hunting ground—unseen, but never still—where the divine and the beast within are locked in constant battle. We are all prey to desire.
As I wrote in the epigraph to Desert Hunters: “On the hunting grounds of the soul, you and I are both the hunted.” —Xuemo

About the Book

In the preface to Desert Hunters, Xuemo opens a window into the brutal heart of China’s desert frontier—a stage known as the Hunting Ground. The novel begins with a pack of wolves watching from the ridge, their cold gaze a reflection of the land’s oldest law: the strong prey on the weak.
To Xuemo, all of existence is a vast hunting field. Every life form, human or animal, is trapped in a chain of hunter and hunted. When storms descend—both tangible and spiritual—hearts are stirred. People wander, struggle, ache, resist. Yet amid the pain, there are moments of hope, awakening, and release. In the bitter battle for pastureland, human nobility and degradation, spiritual greatness and smallness, dignity and pettiness are laid bare.

Core Themes

• Herdsmen open fire on each other for grassland, making wolves the least of their threats.
  • Poachers gnaw away the last scraps of the wilderness in the name of profit.
  • The awakened wanderer, Meng Baye, holds a lantern against the sandstorm, searching for something more vital than survival.
  • When drought drains the last drop of water, human nobility and animal instinct collide—and each choice forces us to confront a haunting question: “When the world becomes a hunting ground, will you settle for being the prey?”

Praise from Critics

“Desert Hunters deserves to be read by those who live beyond the reach of that well. Better this raw account of human nature and struggle than the dizzying fiction of flashy TV dramas.” —Cui Daoyi, former Editor-in-Chief, People’s Literature

“Xuemo doesn’t merely portray an individual life. Through the sculpting of a collective, he tells the story of an entire world.” —Yan Jingming, Editor-in-Chief, Literary Gazette

“Without overt drama, Xuemo makes your blood surge. Without raising his voice, he shakes the reader to the core. This quiet force is what sets Desert Hunters apart.” —Bai Ye, renowned literary critic and researcher at the Institute of Contemporary Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Who Is This Book For?

1. For readers interested in China’s rural northwest and native-soil literature:
   Set in the harsh borderlands of Liangzhou, Desert Hunters offers an unflinching yet poetic portrayal of life on the Pig’s Belly Well—where deserts, Gobi, and oases shape every breath of survival. With vivid detail, it captures how herders live: digging wells, hunting foxes, tending flocks. It’s also a window into a vanishing world of local customs, dialects, and emotional instincts shaped by the land. Through it all runs a spirit of rugged endurance, steeped in hardship, pride, and the quiet strength of the land.
2. Readers concerned with ecology and the human-nature divide:
   One of the core themes of Desert Hunters is the ecological crisis. The novel offers a profound revelation of the harsh realities caused by human activity—such as population growth, overgrazing, competition for water, and reckless land exploitation—which have led to desertification of the grasslands, the drying up of water sources, and a sharp decline in wildlife. Through the conflicts between characters like Meng Baye, Mengzi, and Old Shun and the poachers, as well as the intricate relationships between humans and wild animals such as wolves, foxes, and hares, the novel explores the difficult choices humanity faces between survival and ecological preservation. It serves as a powerful critique of shortsighted, predatory development and delivers a strong ecological warning infused with deep compassion for the real-world consequences.
3. Readers seeking deep human insight and social critique:
   Xuemo excels at portraying the complexities of human nature. Under the harsh pressure of survival, the herders of Pig’s Belly Well fight over scarce water and grazing land, and traits such as greed, selfishness, cunning, and ignorance are magnified. Neighbors turn against each other, schemes unfold, and violent conflicts erupt. Yet amid the turmoil, moments of kindness, resilience, wisdom, and helplessness also emerge. Through this microcosm of a “small society,” the novel offers a profound reflection on the intense upheaval of rural life during the march toward modernization—the collapse of traditional values and the inner struggles and confusion of those at the bottom of the social ladder. It stands as a powerful work of social critique.
4. Readers who appreciate weighty, thought-provoking fiction:
   Desert Hunters is not a light or cheerful read. Its tone is somber and weighty, its language plain yet powerful, infused with the scent of the earth and a deep sense of compassion. It confronts the harshness of reality head-on, does not shy away from the darker sides of human nature, and offers no illusions or comforts. The novel pursues both intellectual depth and artistic authenticity. Through the fate of a single grassland, it reflects on profound questions of human existence—ecology, survival, and morality—offering readers a deeply affecting and thought-provoking experience.
5. Students and scholars of modern Chinese literature or ecological fiction:
   As one of the “Desert Trilogy” — alongside Desert Rites and White Tiger Pass — Desert Hunters stands as a representative work of Xuemo and a landmark in contemporary Chinese rural and ecological literature. Its rich use of regional dialects, vivid portrayal of local culture, profound exploration of ecological themes, and mature realist technique all contribute to its high academic and literary value, making it a significant subject for study in the fields of modern Chinese literature, regional writing, and eco-criticism.

If you’re willing to quiet your heart and follow Xuemo’s pen into the vast, desolate desert, to feel the weight of survival, the complexity of human nature, and the lament of an ailing ecology, Desert Hunters will offer a reading experience both powerful and thought-provoking. It is less a novel than a mirror—one that reflects the fragile bond between humanity and nature, and the profound limitations within ourselves.

Keywords
Human nature on trial, soul survival, desert Hunger Games, survival on China’s desert frontier, blood-soaked battle for pastureland, man and wolf as mutual prey, siege of desire, ecological reckoning, parable of drought, inner hunting ground theory, Xuemo’s anatomy of craving, existential frontier fiction, spiritual poverty amid material abundance, eco-literary classic, philosophical fable, sacred ecology, China’s northwest