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A Tibetan Girl Called Ata, by Xiao Hei

A powerful novel that melds an intimate cross-cultural love story with the political tensions of modern Tibet.

Margarita Salcevich

There are historical novels that inform you, and there are historical novels that unsettle you, and it's rare to find one that manages both. A Tibetan Girl Called Ata, the first English-language novel from Xiao Hei (the pen name of Zhang Pu, brother of Wild Swans...

A Tibetan Girl Called Ata – In Conversation with Xiao Hei

The author discusses the real-life inspiration behind his novel and the challenges of portraying love across political and cultural divides with Margarita Salcevich.

Xiao Hei

Welcome to Aspects of History, Xiao Hei. A Tibetan Girl Called Ata is your first novel to appear in English, after several tragic romance novels published in Chinese. What was it that made you want to bring this particular story, and this particular side of modern...