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Author Canxue, 1953- author.

Title Barefoot doctor : a novel / Can Xue ; translated from the Chinese by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
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 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  FIC CANXUE    Check Shelf
Description 257 pages ; 21 cm.
Series A Margellos world republic of letters book
Margellos world republic of letters book.
Note Originally published as Yizhong kuaiyao xiaoshide zhiye [An almost vanishing profession], Huacheng literary magazine, 2018. Republished as Chijiao yisheng [Barefoot doctor], Hunan Literature Press, 2019.
Contents The barefoot doctor in Yun Village -- Uncle Ma -- The deceased Uncle Liang Shan -- Something unpleasant -- Aunt Yossi and her eccentric daughter-in-law -- Gray's abnormal behavior -- The turning point in Mia's life -- Mia and Lohan go into action -- Mrs. Yi's daily work -- Gray's adventure -- Something that Mrs. Yi can't forget -- Mia is taking off -- Angelica joins in -- Kay comes to Yun Village -- Gray is in -- Mia and her patients -- Spoon and Gray -- Revival of the director -- The cause is expanding -- Footsteps of the times -- An invisible network -- Gray.
Summary "In rural Yun Village, herbalist Mrs. Yi lives with her husband in a cottage at the foot of Niulan Mountain, where she gathers herbs to treat the ailments of the villagers by day and studies medicine by night. Sickness and herbs are lovers, she tells her patients, rejoicing when they recover, comforting them when they do not. All the while, she hopes to find a worthy successor to take up her mantle. As curious younger villagers observe Mrs. Yi and begin imitating her work--planting gardens and studying the art of healing--they soon discover that the line dividing life from death is porous, and the mountain is more mysterious than they ever knew" -- Inside jacket.
Language Translated from the Chinese.
Subject Healers -- China -- Fiction.
China -- Fiction.
Healers. (OCoLC)fst00952697
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
Novels.
Added Author Gernant, Karen, translator.
Zeping, Chen, translator.
Added Title Chi jiao yi sheng. English
Yizhong kuaiyao xiaoshide zhiye. English.
Other Form: ebook version : 9780300268454
ISBN 9780300259636 hardcover
0300259638 hardcover
9780300268454 electronic publication
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