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A Tale of Three Women: Love, Struggle, and Resilience
Through the prism of three young village women—Lanlan, Ying'er, and Yue'er—White Tiger Pass recounts their daily lives as they laugh and cry, love and hate, just like any human does. The novel masterfully dives into the inner worlds of its characters, deconstructing the complexities of human experience, such as youthful love, memory, regret, waiting, rebellion, fear, despair, self-redemption, and heartfelt conversations. All of these elements together paint a vivid picture of the plight of women in the rural regions of China amid social change in the 1990s, showcasing their resilient spirit and unwillingness to succumb to destiny.
The English edition was co-translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-Chun Lin, acclaimed translators of Nobel Prize-winning authors.
Xuemo, born in 1963 as Chen Kaihong, is a renowned writer from Gansu, China. He has written over 80 books, published in more than 200 editions, with translations available in over 20 languages.
His novel Into the Desert won the 2022 Excellent Translation Award by the China International Communications Group (CICG), 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Women's Fiction and the 2024 Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction. His novel Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia won the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for World Literature. The novel Wild Fox Ridge won the 2024 International Impact Book Award and the 2025 NYC Big Book Award, and was honored with the 2025 International Book Awards. He topped the International Media Spotlight List at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022, even surpassing the Guest of Honor, Spain, became the most remarkable and memorable events of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022. The e-book editions of Desert Rites, Desert Hunters, White Tiger Pass, Love Letters from the Goddess, Eternal Love and Reclaim the Throne of Your Heart have repeatedly ranked No. 1 on Amazon's bestseller lists.
