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Mystical Forest - Collected Poems and Short Stories of Dungan Ethnographer Ali Dzhon (Hardcover, New edition)
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Mystical Forest - Collected Poems and Short Stories of Dungan Ethnographer Ali Dzhon (Hardcover, New edition)
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Born in Shor-Tyube, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, in 1951,
Dungan ethnographer and creative writer Ali Dzhon is widely
regarded as the preeminent writer on the material and spiritual
culture and history of the Dungan people, the Sinophone Muslims of
Central Asia. Mystical Forest makes available for the first time in
English a significant collection of Dzhon's poems and short
stories, which he penned in Russian over a span of more than half a
century, from 1969 to 2021, bridging the Soviet and post-Soviet
periods. In these rich literary works, Dzhon expresses his thoughts
about the world around him, ponders the fate of his people and the
meaning of life, and provides finely nuanced descriptions of his
feelings about love, nature, and those around him. Organized into
nine chapters by theme, the 103 poems of varying length in the
collection are witty, colorful, and profound pieces that provide
rare glimpses into Dungan cultural life, including Dzhon's searing
remembrances of the nineteenth-century Dungan Revolt that led to
the first migration of the Hui Muslims from northwestern China to
the Russian Empire during the harsh winter of 1877-1878, his moving
personal reminiscences of childhood and youth spent in the Soviet
Dungan villages of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and his unique
perspective on the challenges and opportunities of life faced by
the Dungan people in post-Soviet Central Asia. Set largely against
the backdrop of daily life in the Dungan settlements, the four
riveting pieces of short fiction comprising the final chapter of
the collection showcase Dzhon's consummate skill as a storyteller
as they probe the human condition. The present volume includes a
foreword by prominent Dungan poet Iskhar Shisyr, an introductory
chapter, footnotes, an index, a map, and photographs. This book
will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers interested
in Dungan literature, history, and culture. *** "Mystical Forest is
an exemplary volume of poetry and short stories by a foremost
ethnographer of the Dungans, a people who dwell at the crossroads
of Central Asia. The translations catch the spirit of these texts
that reflect local landscapes, cultural change, and the soul of
author Ali Dzhon. Conversant in Dungan culture, Kenneth Yin deftly
opens new vistas of local and indigenous writing."-Mark Bender,
Professor of Chinese Literature and Folklore, The Ohio State
University
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