Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia, where he discovers life of apparent idyllic simplicity amongst the nomads and the wild wolves who roam the plains. But when members of the Peoples Republic swarm in from the cities to bring modernity and productivity to the grasslands, the peace of Chens solitary existence is shattered, and the delicate balance between humans and wolves is disrupted.
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Es el seudónimo de un escritor y disidente político que se inspiró en los años que pasó conviviendo con pastores nómadas en la pradera mongola para escribir una novela que ha sido un fenómeno literario en China,y que ya está siéndolo también en Occidente.