In 1998, "The Dust Settled" quickly became popular as soon as it was published. The comfortable and gorgeous narrative, the unique historical view, the rich Imagery of Tibetan Culture, and the gentle touch of mysterious color are all the great highlights of Ah Lai in the book, and Ah Lai easily opens the hearts of many readers with these highlights.
The novel is about a history of the last Tibetan toast in the Kham region during the Republic of China. Because of the coincidence of chance, the Wheat Toast returned to the light and shone for a while, but it was hopelessly destroyed, and this roller coaster-like ups and downs, rise and fall, and because it was mixed with erotic plots, killing and fighting, bloody revenge and other big materials, it was undoubtedly charming and exciting enough. The change of regime, from the Republic of China to the republic, is a time period with stories; the Khampa Tibetan area, the land outside the country, is a place with a story; toasts and heads, fools and beauties, executioners and killers, are characters with stories; princes vying for the throne, alternating thrones, brothers rebelling against each other, and snatching love with horizontal knives, and the disaster is inevitable, which is the most convenient "story" for interpretation.
The attitude to land, the times, and history reflected in Alai's novels will certainly not be single and absolute. Through the clever naming of the four protagonist women, combined with other settings in the novel, the writer outlines the ups and downs of the protagonist's life, and also reveals some common propositions of life. The fool gradually grew, the toast era gradually faded away, and finally all the dust settled, and the fool reached the mature state of life in the demise. People will eventually know that anything that once stretched over a land is not as easily forgotten as imagined.
"Dust Settled" is not only a family novel, the success of "Dust Settled" is only attributed to the unique and exotic style of the subject matter is inappropriate, the unique aesthetic charm of "Dust Settled" does not only come from this, Alai with the deep feelings for the national culture and the deep accumulation of national culture, fully use the materials and creative techniques of folk literature, the perfect combination of the legendary, popular and artistic nature of the story, creating a character with distinct personality and different characteristics, The twists and turns of the storyline are woven, so that the fate of the foolish young master touches people's hearts, and the delicate and true love description in the novel is moving, the complex human nature entanglements touch people's hearts, and the mysterious prophecy that runs through the whole article composes a poignant elegy of the fallen toast system, so that "Dust Settled" has a unique and mysterious aesthetic charm.
Each of us is like the dust that has been raised, scattered with the wind, and finally the dust has settled, only witnessed by history. Maybe that's where the emptiness of this book comes in.
Each of us wants to control our own destiny, but until the end, who can say with certainty that we are the one who wrote on the picture of life. There are always too many contradictions in life, too many involuntary, perhaps like the second young master in the book did, when you are in it, you try your best, and when you are detached from things, you are unhappy, which is the positive guidance that people make for fate.