The Editors of Asian Highlands Perspectives are pleased to announce the publication of Volume #46: AN UNEXPECTED GIFT FROM THE GODS: BOYHOOD IN NORTHWEST CHINA, a coming-of-age novel by Yang Jialiang.
AHP #46 is a free download at:
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Yang Jialiang writes:
In 2015, I was twenty-three and no longer a child who smiled at everyone after his mother's death. Most of my fellow villagers had moved to cities. The village lanes were overgrown with weeds. Some houses had collapsed. Our house still stood, however, even though it was made of adobe and wood. Father still lived in the house, which seemed as old as he was. My name is Chao. I'm an ordinary person from a poor mountain village in northwest China.Like most other human beings, I often ponder: Why do I exist? How should I live? What is the meaning of my life? I believe my life is not worthless. Everyone should be appreciated and each of us should be valued as a wonderful individual. This is why I wrote this book - to record my life directly and share with others the narrative of my life - to provide a way for others to know another human being's life story.
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Author(s): Yang Jialiang 杨佳亮
Series: ahp 46
Publisher: ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES
Year: 2017
Language: English, Chinese
Pages: 155
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE 2
DEDICATION 6
QUOTES 7
CONTENTS 9
NOTICE 10 THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR 11
NAMES 12 Mother's Passing 15 A Night in Uncle Big's Home 22
Brother Leaves Home 24
My Fellow Herders 29 My Best Friend, Mei 33
Sister Yan 39
Spying on Two Factions 43
Primary School and Teachers 48
Tian and Miss Su 51
I Graduate from Primary School 56
Struggles in Privation 60
Forming New Friendships 64
Father is Hospitalized 67
Brother's Marriage 71
Misunderstanding and Happiness 76
Dorm Room Troubles 80
Puppy Love 87
A Fateful Examination 94
My First Qinghai Visit 99
Senior One Year 108
Father in Qinghai (I) 108
Father in Qinghai (II) 114
Lonely Life 120
Return from Qinghai 124
Boiling Fish 129
Changes in My Village 133
Gaokao 137
Rough Times Before Good Times 141
Second Gaokao Preparation Year 145
The Deserted Village 149
CHINESE TERMS 153
