Also by Alai
Red Poppies
THE SONG OF KING GESAR
Alai
Translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin
First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Canongate Books Ltd,
14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2013 by Canongate Books
Copyright © Alai, 2013
Translation copyright © Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin, 2013
The moral rights of the author and translator have been asserted
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84767 233 9
Export ISBN 978 1 84767 235 3
ePub ISBN 978 0 85786 895 4
Typeset in Van Dijck by Palimpsest Book Production Ltd,
Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Contents
The Storyteller The Shepherd’s Dream
The Story The Wish of the Deities’ Son
The Storyteller Light in the Blind Eye
The Story The Deities’ Son Descending
The Story The First Sign of Magic
The Story The Bend in the Yellow River
The Story Bodhisattva
The Storyteller The Temple
The Storyteller The Ferry Landing
The Story The Temple
The Storyteller Sickness
The Story The Beginning
The Story Khrothung’s Dream
The Storyteller The Hat
The Story Brugmo
The Story Love
The Storyteller A Horserace
The Story The Race for the Throne
The Story Winning a Horserace to be King – II
The Storyteller A Fine Charger
The Story The Consort
The Storyteller Romance
The Story The Weapons Tribe
The Story The King Forgets to Return
The Story The Death of Gyatsa
The Story The King’s Return
The Storyteller On the Road
The Story Solitude
The Story Gralha the Youth
The Story War between Monyul and Gling
The Story War between Monyul and Gling – II
The Storyteller Salt Road
The Storyteller Reprimand
The Story Aku Tonpa
The Story Dream Encounter
The Storyteller Cherry Festival
The Storyteller Digging up the Treasure
Part III THE LION RETURNS TO HEAVEN
The StoryGyatsa Zhakar Shows Himself
The Storyteller Statues
The Story Inspection or Farewell
The Storyteller Rejection
The Story News from China
The Story A Demon Consort Wreaks Havoc
The Storyteller Dajian Lu
The Story Minyag or Meza
The Story Khrothung’s Death
The Storyteller In Minyag
The Story Treasure and Vows
The Story The Demon in China
The Story Shanpa Merutse’s Death
The Storyteller Saving a Wife from Hell
The Story Saving His Wife from Hell