A Feature Interview in the Summer 2025 Issue of Printed Word Reviews (UK)

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Exploring Xuemo’s Literary Universe: Western China Narratives that Illuminate the Depths of the Soul

—A Feature Interview in the Summer 2025 Issue of Printed Word Reviews (UK)

This issue’s cover author, Xuemo—a master of contemporary Chinese literature and Vice Chairman of the Gansu Writers’ Association—has stepped onto the international stage with his outstanding achievements, winning both the 2024 New York Book Award and the Independent Publisher Award. In an exclusive feature interview at the London Book Fair, this “National First-Class Writer,” with more than 70 works to his name, unveils for Western readers the profoundly moving spiritual universe that permeates his writing:

The Desert Trilogy: A Twelve-Year Forging of a Western Epic

• Desert Rites – A Stunning Debut: An epic chronicle of the survival struggles of Chinese farmers in the latter half of the 20th century.
• Desert Hunters – A Moral Fable: Through the battle over the water source at Pig’s Belly Well, it lays bare the timeless conflict between human nature and the forces of nature.
• White Tiger Pass – The Awakening of Women: Through the intertwined fates of Lanlan, Ying’er, and Yue’er, it offers a penetrating look into the cultural psyche of China’s West.

Eastern Wisdom Illuminating the Crises of Modernity

In the interview, Xuemo offers a striking insight: “When the spirit of maternal love becomes the guiding force of society, the light of peace will descend upon the earth.”

His works consistently grapple with two central themes:

→ Spiritual Transcendence: Reconstructing faith and inner meaning in an age overwhelmed by material desire.

→ Maternal Redemption: Through feminine strength, dissolving the violent conflicts that underlie civilization’s crises.

“A Chinese Voice” on the Global Literary Stage

• Translated into more than ten languages, including English, French, and German; featured in The New Literary Canon of China.
• Praised by The New York Review of Books as “a philosophical fable that fuses magical realism with the wild aesthetics of the Chinese West.”
• A creative vision that resonates with global concerns: “Literature should be a torch that illuminates the darkness of society.”

Exclusive Features in This Issue

→ A full transcript of Xuemo’s conversation with publisher Ted Olczak

→ The first-ever release of Xuemo’s creative notes for the English edition of Into the Desert

→ International critics offer their insights into the “Xuemo Phenomenon”

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探索雪漠的文学宇宙：照亮灵魂深处的中国西部叙事

——英国《Printed Word Reviews》2025年夏季刊深度专访

 

本期封面人物雪漠（Xuemo），当代中国文学巨匠、甘肃作协副主席，以荣获2024年纽约图书奖与独立出版奖的卓越成就登上国际舞台。在伦敦书展特约专访中，这位创作超70部作品的“国家一级作家”，向西方读者揭开了他笔下震撼人心的精神世界：

 

沙漠三部曲：用12年淬炼的西部史诗

• 《大漠祭》一鸣惊人：记录二十世纪后半叶中国西部农民的生存史诗
• 《猎原》寓言警世：以“猪肚井”水源之争，直击人性与自然的永恒博弈
• 《白虎关》女性觉醒：通过兰兰、莹儿、月儿三位女性的命运，透视西部文化心理

 

东方智慧照亮现代性困境  

 

雪漠在专访中提出震撼观点：“当母爱精神成为社会主导力量，和平之光将降临大地。”他的作品始终贯穿着对两大命题的探索：

→ 灵性超越：在物欲横流的时代重构精神信仰

→ 母性救赎：以女性力量消解暴力冲突的文明困境

 

国际文坛的“中国声音”

• 作品译介至英、法、德等十余国，入选“中国新文学大系”
• 纽约书评盛赞：“融合魔幻现实主义与西部荒野美学的哲学寓言”
• 创作观直击全球痛点：“文学应成为照亮社会黑暗的火炬”

 

本期独家内容

→ 雪漠对话出版商Ted Olczak全记录

→《沙漠的女儿》英译本创作手札首度公开

→ 多国评论家解读“雪漠现象”

 

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