Travelling Back via Translation: Alai, Lijiang and Minority Literature.
Tibetan author Alai's Chinese essay, Yi di shui jingguo Lijiang (一滴水经过丽江 [A drop of water passes through Lijiang]) is a piece of travel writing that describes the city of Lijiang (home to the Naxi minority of Yunnan province) and its environs from the perspective of an anthropomorphic drop of water....
| Publicado en: | Interlitteraria Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 373 - 390 |
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University of Tartu
2021
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