One of the novels that drew my attention is Wolf Totem, a semi-autobiographical novel by Jian Rong.
Rong was a Red Guard in the sixties who hoarded the Western books he was supposed to burn.
He volunteered to work in Mongolia where he has the freedom to read. In this remote area, he becomes fascinated by the grassland wolves. In this semi-autobiographical work, Jian Rong writes a fictional version of these events -- applauding freedom and the Mogolian herdsmen.
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