《空山》描写了上个世纪50年代末期到90年代初，发生在一个叫机村的藏族村庄里的6个故事，主要人物有近三十个。《空山》由《随风飘散》和《天火》两部分组成，《随风飘散》写了私生子格拉与有些痴呆的母亲相依为命，受尽屈辱，最后含冤而死。《天火》写了在一场森林大火中，巫师多吉看到wen革中周围世界发生的种种变化。 　　HollowMountaintellsthestoryofJivillage,andtheeventsthatoccurredtherebetweentheendofthe1950sandthebeginningofthe1990s.Thisbookisthefirstpartofthetrilogy. 　　AsChinateeteredatthebrinkofanoncomingeraofmadnessandmassconfusion,achildnamedGela,abright 　　youngsoulaspureasthedrivensnow,meetsalonelydeath.Theboy’sdeathisonlythebeginningofthedisasterawaitingJivillage.Severalyearslater,ahugewildfireignitestheforestssurroundingthetinysettlement.Amidstthebestialfuryoftheflames,awebofconnectedstoriesemerges… 　　Theauthor,Alai,deftlyweavestogethercomplexthemes:therelationshipsbetweenhumanityandnature,the 　　massivesocialchangethatmarksthecomingofanewepochforaminorityethnicity,andtheexcessesofthe 　　CulturalRevolution,whichisrepresentedinthenovelbyadevastatingforestfire.