一本取材于民间、贴近民间的小说，一个刻画盐道小镇跨越几十年的故事，一部属于盐大路上的人们的江湖传奇……人性善与恶、命运因与果的交织，催生出了一个个惊心动魄、耐人寻味的故事。作者不仅仅限于重构盐大路美丽神奇的风貌，更在于找回一个地域千年凝聚不散的人文精神——这是一条有关于生存和斗争的路，也是一条承载着理想和期望的路。

Escape
(1993--2003)
A Disconcerting Phone Call
Night-time Departure
The Urumqi Guesthouse
Pockface Ma
Trouble in Guangzhou
My Brother's Unhinged Mind
Return to Da'nanpo
Not My Imagination
Maryam and her Child
Mao Mei Goes Missing
Fusion
(2003--2013)
Tying the Knot in Qochek
Stranded in Xi'an
My Daughter Comes South
State of a Marriage
Su Feiya's Demons
Diary with a Score to Settle
A Witch for a Shadow
Mother and Daughter Struggle to Adapt
"The Needle Thing"
No Qipao for My Wedding
Mi Fu's Fragile Ego
The Mi Family's Curse
Block all the Sound
My Daughter Plunders My Body
Mardan Grows Up
Su Feiya's Choice
Settling
(1965-1985)
Growing Up in Da'nanpo
Mother's Madness
A Visit from the Shaman
A Test of Loyalty
Father's Fickle Affections
Cutting the Cord with Da'nanpo
The Way to Qochek
Mother Vanishes
Bloodline
(1960--1985)
Family Secrets
Grandmother's Torment
The World Beyond
Uncle Marries a Han Girl
Migration
(1910 1960)
Ancestral Feud
The Han Orphan
Three Generations Flee to Xinjiang
My Grandfather's Hidden Anguish
Looking Back
(2014)
Pilgrimage to Kashgar
Father as a Young Man
My Great-Uncle tells a Story
Afterword