Item Description: | "Speaking in the voice of the endangered Snow Leopard, poet Jidi Majia conjures a mysterious, magnificent creature with a message about the consequences of unchecked violence toward animals--and equally about the violence that threatens the heart of the human species. ... Jidi Majia is an indegenous poet of the Nuosu (Yi) people of mountainous southwestern China. His work expresses the mythic world and cultural tradition of the Nuosu, while being deeply concerned with the urgent probelms of global strife."--Back cover. |