Tracks in the Snowy Forest (English edition)
Inbunden bok. Foreign Languages Press Peking. 2 uppl. 1965. 549 sidor.
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Story of the military stalemate on the northeast China battlefront.
Considered one of the quintessential Chinese novels of the post-revolution period, Tracks in the Snowy Forest takes readers on a perilous journey through the wintry wilderness. PLA soldiers (People's Liberation Army) struggle amid a deadly assignment that takes them to the mountains, in a search for, and conflict with, outlaw bandits.
1,560,000 copies of were printed during 1957–1964 in three editions. The book was translated into English, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mongolian, Norwegian and Arabic. A film adaptation of the novel was made in 1960. A later film adaptation titled The Taking of Tiger Mountain was released December 23, 2014.
Qu Bo (Chinese: 曲波; pinyin: Qū Bō; 1923–2002) was a Chinese novelist. His name was also translated as Chu Po. Qǔ (曲), the family name, has meanings of curve, melody and tune. Bō (波) stands for ripples and waves. His first book Tracks in the Snowy Forest (林海雪原) made him one of the most popular authors at the time.
