On the day someone is born, the world is born as well. The mountains we will see are born, the rivers and trees are born, words and lips are born—a sea of thoughts. The water that will shape us inside and out is born, as are the people we will love and hate. Life and time are born. Light is born. 1
This is how El gran viaje de Li Qingzhao (The Great Journey of Li Qingzhao), the new novel by our colleague and Emeritus Professor at UAM, Pilar González España, who has been givem the XI Alexandre Dumas Prize for Historical Fiction, awarded by MAR Editor. She was selected by the jury from among the 327 unpublished manuscripts submitted.
El gran viaje de Li Qingzhao (The Great Journey of Li Qingzhao) tells the story of this 12th-century Chinese poet, the most important figure in the history of Chinese literature. It chronicles Li Qingzhao’s journey across China to flee the barbarians and be reunited with her husband.
It will be published in late September. We invite you to read it.
Congratulations, colleague!
- This is an unofficial translation from the Spanish original. The novel will be published in Spanish. ↩︎
