| Description |
257 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"A Margellos world republic of letters book" |
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"Originally published as Yizhong kuaiyao xiaoshide zhiye [An almost vanishing profession], Huacheng literary magazine, 2018. Republished as Chijiao yisheng [Barefoot doctor], Hunan Literary Press, 2019" --title page verso |
| Contents |
The barefoot doctor in Yun Village -- Uncle Ma -- The deceased Uncle Liang Shan -- Something unpleasant -- Aunt Yossi and her eccentric daughter-in-law -- Gray's abnormal behavior -- The turning point in Mia's life -- Mia and Lohan go into action -- Mrs. Yi's daily work -- Gray's adventure -- Something that Mrs. Yi can't forget -- Mia is taking off -- Angelica joins in -- Kay comes to Yun Village -- Gray is in -- Mia and her patients -- Spoon and Gray -- Revival of the director -- The cause is expanding -- Footsteps of the times -- An invisible network -- Gray |
| Summary |
"In rural Yun Village, herbalist Mrs. Yi lives with her husband in a cottage at the foot of Niulan Mountain, where she gathers herbs to treat the ailments of the villagers by day and studies medicine by night. Sickness and herbs are lovers, she tells her patients, rejoicing when they recover, comforting them when they do not. All the while, she hopes to find a worthy successor to take up her mantle. As curious younger villagers observe Mrs. Yi and begin imitating her work—planting gardens and studying the art of healing—they soon discover that the line dividing life from death is porous, and the mountain is more mysterious than they ever knew. Drawing on her experiences as a barefoot doctor in her youth, Can Xue returns with a transporting novel that alights in the in-between spaces: between the living and the dead, healer and sick, nature and us." --book jacket |
| Subject |
Women healers -- China -- Fiction.
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Herbalists -- China -- Fiction.
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Villages -- China -- Fiction.
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Mountain life -- China -- Fiction.
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Liminality -- Fiction.
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China -- Rural conditions -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Domestic fiction.
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| Added Author |
Gernant, Karen, translator.
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Zeping, Chen, translator.
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| ISBN |
9780300259636 |
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0300259638 |
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