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Wild Fox Ridge begins with a historical mystery: over a century ago, two camel caravans—one Mongolian, one Han Chinese—vanished in the deserts of western China while smuggling silver and tea to Russia in exchange for weapons to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. They disappeared without a trace, as if the desert had swallowed them whole.
A hundred years later, the narrator summons the souls of the lost caravan through an ancient ritual. In 27 surreal “interviews,” ghosts recount their tales—among them, the vengeful woman Muyumei, the warrior Qi Feiqing, desert bandits, and even jealous camels. Through their fragmented testimonies, the novel reconstructs the events: betrayal within the caravan, deadly clan feuds, and the Liangzhou uprising, ultimately unveiling the forces of desire, failed revolution, and the cyclical prison of fate.
Wild Fox Ridge
Preface
Many readers have told me that Wild Fox Ridge moved them because of one thing: the spirit of the search—an unwavering determination to keep walking, no matter the cost.
What drives the characters to go on, again and again, through the storm and silence of the desert? A key. In the novel, it’s the key to Hu’s mill. But in truth, it is the key to fate. Only by finding that key can the two camel caravans escape the deadly sands of Wild Fox Ridge. And only by finding the key to one’s destiny can a person break free from the program written for their life—to finally alter what was once called fate.
—Xuemo
Book Summary
Overview
Wild Fox Ridge begins with a historical mystery: over a century ago, two camel caravans—one Mongolian, one Han Chinese—vanished in the deserts of western China while smuggling silver and tea to Russia in exchange for weapons to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. They disappeared without a trace, as if the desert had swallowed them whole.
A hundred years later, the narrator summons the souls of the lost caravan through an ancient ritual. In 27 surreal “interviews,” ghosts recount their tales—among them, the vengeful woman Muyumei, the warrior Qi Feiqing, desert bandits, and even jealous camels. Through their fragmented testimonies, the novel reconstructs the events: betrayal within the caravan, deadly clan feuds, and the Liangzhou uprising, ultimately unveiling the forces of desire, failed revolution, and the cyclical prison of fate.
Blending history and myth, realism and the supernatural, Wild Fox Ridge is a genre-defying epic—a reimagined myth of the Chinese West.
Crossing the boundaries of life and death, human and animal, and the vast divide between China’s southern hills and northern deserts, Xuemo’s polyphonic séance breathes life into histories that were never yours—yet feel hauntingly familiar. It is both an echo of the past—and a legend still unfolding.
Why Readers Love It
🔹 A Narrative Revolution
With its one-of-a-kind “spiritual interview” structure, the novel pioneers a form of multi-voiced storytelling that recalls Bakhtin’s symphonic theory. Time folds inward as fragmented truths emerge from the voices of summoned spirits.
🔹 A New Frontier in Western China Literature
More than a tale of sand and survival, Wild Fox Ridge explores the metaphysical soul of the West—where camel caravan culture, Liangzhou Xianxiao (a traditional folk storytelling form performed by blind singers, focused on virtue and filial devotion), and Muyu chants (Buddhist-inspired ritual songs accompanied by wooden percussion) become vessels of existential reflection.
🔹 Globally Acclaimed
Winner of the 2024 & 2025 International Impact Book Awards.
Crowned Amazon Bestseller multiple times.
Recipient of the 2025 International Book Prize (Fiction—Historical) by the U.S. Book Festival, standing out among thousands of entries worldwide.
🔹 World-Class Translation
Translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin, two of the most respected translators of Chinese literature. Their authoritative rendition brought the novel to the top of Amazon’s Asian literature bestseller list.
Praise for Wild Fox Ridge
Leida (Renowned Literary Critic)
“This is a new Xuemo—not merely returning to the desert, but transcending it, both in form and spirit. He goes beyond realism into the realm of parable and symbolism. Truly, each of us harbors our own Wild Fox Ridge.”
Chen Xiaoming (Professor, Peking University)
“Xuemo’s unique merging of times and spaces grants his novel an extraordinary depth. He dares to touch the mystical and the forgotten—not just telling a story, but granting us an experience of life beyond the ordinary.”
Yu Jianming (Editor-in-Chief, Yun Literature Web)
“Xuemo writes from a panoramic height—as if gazing down upon history, humanity, and the soul itself. What he sees is piercing; what he shares, profoundly lucid.”
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| Weight | 1.7 kg |
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| Dimensions | 27 × 25 × 11 cm |
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