●The latest novel by Lu Xun Literature Award winner Liu Liangcheng

● A Mao Dun Literature Award nominee in 2019

● An exotic, mysterious and philosophical adventure of a message deliverer and a donkey

Set in Pisha and Heile, two warring countries in the west without any official communication, this excellent fantastic fable centers on a story between Ku, a messenger and famous translator fluent in several languages and a donkey named Xie, which is said to be a message itself. Ku was asked to deliver the donkey Xie to his hostile country thousands of miles away, thus the two of them embarked on the journey. Together, they crossed battlefields and deserts, witnessing incredible happenings in life and death.

Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, Message Deliverer is a kaleidoscopic journey to the intersection of war, love, faith and power. Liu Liangcheng tiptoes the harmony between human and nature in this weird and wild novella, sticking to his writing concept of "everything has a spirit."

About the author

Liu Liangcheng was awarded the 2014 Lu Xun Literature Award, the most important literature award in China. He was born in 1962 in Xinjiang, the westernmost province of China, where several languages and cultures coexist. His work A village for One caused great sensation both at home and abroad. His other works, including A village for One, Hollowed Out, Upturned Earth and In Xinjiang, have all focused on the Xinjiang village where he lived for years – hence his reputation as a "bucolic philosopher." Many of his essays and novels have been included in textbooks for Chinese middle schools and colleges.