--- product_id: 803408209 title: "Distant Sunflower Fields" price: "E£ 1720" currency: EGP in_stock: true reviews_count: 2 url: https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/803408209-distant-sunflower-fields store_origin: EG region: Egypt --- # Distant Sunflower Fields **Price:** E£ 1720 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Distant Sunflower Fields - **How much does it cost?** E£ 1720 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.eg](https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/803408209-distant-sunflower-fields) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Distant Sunflower Fields eBook : Juan, Li , Payne, Christopher : desertcart.co.uk: Kindle Store Review: Atmospheric - Beautifully written book, even in translation. Vivid descriptions of the inhospitable desert environment in which the very resilient protagonists play out their lives. Detailed descriptions of animals and nature on the edge of the Gobi desert where the people remember Genghis Khan. The story mainly describes three seasons of sunflower cultivation by an unrelentingly tough mother and grandmother from the daughters point of view. Beautiful book but not for those who want a strong plot line! Review: Five stars for the book, three stars for the translation. I'm only on page 2 and have already spotted several translation problems. There is at least one mistake (where the original says 电台 or "radio," it becomes "television" in the translation). There are also borderline problems. For example, 罕有的旱年 "a rarely-seen draught year" becomes "this year has been strangely dry--a rare occurrence." Moreover, the translator consistently inserts his own phrases, perhaps to make the English flow better. Sometimes the insert is an explanation that the readers do not really need. Sometimes the explanation creates more problems. For example, 然而，正是这一年，我妈独自...种了九十亩葵花地, which can be directly translated as "Yet, precisely in such a year, my mother singlehandedly...planted 90 mus of sunflowers," is rendered as "Yet this was the year my mum, mostly by herself, set out... to plant sunflowers... She'd rented 90 mu...a rather small amount." 1 mu= 0.165 acres or 666.7 square meters. Is 15 acres a small amount? Is it a small amount for a person to plant singlehandedly? Why not let the readers decide? I understand the translator's desire to make the English more readable. Li Juan's prose is spare and her sentences tend to be short. Translated into English they might sound a bit choppy. But that is no reason to "fill it out," just as one would not, for example, want to make Marguerite Duras sound smooth. Here is an example to illustrate my point. On page 5, 这片大地广阔无物，其实，与浓密的森林一样擅于隐瞒 which can be directly translated as "this land seems vast and empty; in truth, it is just as good at concealing things as a thick forest," is rendered as "On the surface, the steppe seemed to stretch for as far as the eye could see, but in truth there were knotted and somewhat luxuriant forests nestled here and there, groves of trees that were adept at concealing myriad things..." Adding "forests" and "trees" changes the meaning. The original is thought-provoking and paradoxical--Li Juan's prose, like the land, is also hiding things in plain sight. The translation fails to catch up with the speed of her thought. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B08SCBYJSL | | Accessibility | Learn more | | Best Sellers Rank | 763,355 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) 936 in Asian Travel 1,651 in Biographies & Memoirs of Authors 45,747 in Travel & Tourism (Books) | | Customer reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (10) | | Enhanced typesetting | Enabled | | File size | 6.8 MB | | ISBN-13 | 978-1838905088 | | Language | English | | Page Flip | Enabled | | Print length | 337 pages | | Publication date | 12 Feb. 2021 | | Publisher | Sinoist Books | | Screen Reader | Supported | | Word Wise | Enabled | | X-Ray | Not Enabled | ## Images ![Distant Sunflower Fields - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/913c8GyGqpL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Atmospheric *by K***R on 3 May 2021* Beautifully written book, even in translation. Vivid descriptions of the inhospitable desert environment in which the very resilient protagonists play out their lives. Detailed descriptions of animals and nature on the edge of the Gobi desert where the people remember Genghis Khan. The story mainly describes three seasons of sunflower cultivation by an unrelentingly tough mother and grandmother from the daughters point of view. Beautiful book but not for those who want a strong plot line! ### ⭐⭐⭐ Review *by A***S on 5 February 2022* Five stars for the book, three stars for the translation. I'm only on page 2 and have already spotted several translation problems. There is at least one mistake (where the original says 电台 or "radio," it becomes "television" in the translation). There are also borderline problems. For example, 罕有的旱年 "a rarely-seen draught year" becomes "this year has been strangely dry--a rare occurrence." Moreover, the translator consistently inserts his own phrases, perhaps to make the English flow better. Sometimes the insert is an explanation that the readers do not really need. Sometimes the explanation creates more problems. For example, 然而，正是这一年，我妈独自...种了九十亩葵花地, which can be directly translated as "Yet, precisely in such a year, my mother singlehandedly...planted 90 mus of sunflowers," is rendered as "Yet this was the year my mum, mostly by herself, set out... to plant sunflowers... She'd rented 90 mu...a rather small amount." 1 mu= 0.165 acres or 666.7 square meters. Is 15 acres a small amount? Is it a small amount for a person to plant singlehandedly? Why not let the readers decide? I understand the translator's desire to make the English more readable. Li Juan's prose is spare and her sentences tend to be short. Translated into English they might sound a bit choppy. But that is no reason to "fill it out," just as one would not, for example, want to make Marguerite Duras sound smooth. Here is an example to illustrate my point. On page 5, 这片大地广阔无物，其实，与浓密的森林一样擅于隐瞒 which can be directly translated as "this land seems vast and empty; in truth, it is just as good at concealing things as a thick forest," is rendered as "On the surface, the steppe seemed to stretch for as far as the eye could see, but in truth there were knotted and somewhat luxuriant forests nestled here and there, groves of trees that were adept at concealing myriad things..." Adding "forests" and "trees" changes the meaning. The original is thought-provoking and paradoxical--Li Juan's prose, like the land, is also hiding things in plain sight. The translation fails to catch up with the speed of her thought. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/803408209-distant-sunflower-fields](https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/803408209-distant-sunflower-fields) --- *Product available on Desertcart Egypt* *Store origin: EG* *Last updated: 2026-05-30*