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A fictionalized account of China during the second half of the twentieth century witnessed through the eyes of Ximen Nao, a landowner killed so that his land could be redistributed to peasants, and--as punishment from Lord Yama--is reincarnated into a donkey.

"One morning, so early that the fog still clings to the surface of the river, a young boy accompanies his yeye seven miles to the grassy field behind their home in order to cut satintail to feed the livestock"--Provided by publisher.