The novel "Landscapes of this region" describes Xinjiang in the early 1960s - during political experiments and famine in China, strained relations with the Soviet Union. Uighurs, Hans, Kazakhs, Uzbeks lived here - the world of the heroes of the novel is multinational.To work in a commune with everyone on an equal footing, to live simply or to be cunning, to engage in illegal trade, to pretend to be sick? Think about the lives of real people or blindly build a political career? Run abroad or stay at home? The heroes of Wang Meng's novel solve these questions for themselves every day, each of their actions is a new turn.For a wide range of readers.