Xue Mo's Desert Rites Ranked 30th in the Amazon Asian Literature（Kindle Store）Category

Xue Mo's Desert Rites Ranked 30th in the Amazon Asian Literature（Kindle Store）Category

Desert Rites by Xue Mo，co-translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin, since its publication on November 30, 2024, has been purchased by over 1,100 readers in less than three weeks. More than 95% of these readers are from the US, and the vast majority are for the first time reading Xue Mo's work. Within less than a month, it has ranked 30th in the Asian Literature（Kindle Store）category  and has received over 21 five-star reviews from readers.

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Amazon is the main platform for book sales in the English world, and most books rank in the thousands or even tens of thousands. However, once Desert Rites was released, it quickly skyrocketed to a two-digit ranking in the "Asian Literature" (Kindle Store) category.

In recent years, Xue Mo's works have gradually been showcased at major international stages such as the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany, the London Book Fair in the UK, the AAS Annual Conference in the United States, and the Tokyo International Film Festival, receiving widespread acclaim from global readers. Offline, Xue Mo's works have also been showcased by Tianyu Arts & Culture, Inc.in the US, and will be exhibited in nearly 100 cities across Europe and the US.

Once at an international book fair, a seasoned British author after seeing the thick English version of his "Desert Trilogy," told Xue Mo, that readers in Europe and the US no longer enjoy books that thick. As soon as the author finished speaking, a German reader walked up to Xue Mo holding the thick "Desert Trilogy" in English, asking for his autograph.At that book fair, both the English and Chinese versions of Xue Mo's works were sold out in advance, and works in other languages were also running low. In recent years, Into the Desert and The World is a Reflection of the Mind have consistently been the bestsellers at international book fairs.

Xue Mo's works, with its rich background rooted in rural China, the vibrant and mysterious culture of Western China, intense faith-based themes, and unique reflections and explorations on anthropological issues such as existence, human nature, the soul, life, and eternity, are not only deeply loved by ordinary readers in Europe and the US, but have also been collected by scholars from over a hundred universities, East Asian libraries, and Confucius Institutes across the Europe and the West. Xue Mo’s works have already received professional reviews from more than one hundred scholars, translators, media professionals, and peers from around the world. Even the stories, such as <Into the Desert> and Old Man Xinjiang, have made their way into the classrooms of the US universities as their reading materials.

Some critics Once stated that Xue Mo, with his vast body of work, demonstrates immense creativity. Through his philanthropic spirit, he spreads Chinese culture to the world. His works not only embody unique experiences from the western regions of China, but also touch upon universal human themes, naturally leading to the essence and origins of humanity. His works transcend ethnic and national boundaries.

A Paperback edition of <Desert Rites>was also released on December-24.

Attached: The Amazon purchase link for theKindle version of <Desert Rites>《大漠祭》in English language.

 

The Amazon purchase link for thePaperback version of <Desert Rites>《大漠祭》in English language.