Dai Sijie paints a spiritual fresco in the heart of Yunnan with '5,000 metres'

Dai Sijie offers in '5,000 Metres Before Dawn' a literary exploration of Yunnan in China, marked by a strong spiritual dimension.

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The title evokes both mountain altitude and a quest for transcendence, with a reference to Christ.

This novel combines geography, philosophy and mysticism to question humanity's place in nature.

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