Eleanor Goodman’s translation of “Gravedigger” by Yao Hui 姚辉 is online at . Here’s how it begins:The gravedigger turns up a howling white bone from deep in the loess –
he is panting carefully chewing a mouthful of earth
it tastes sour – “Why is it howling?
Bone raised by wolves! What are you howling?”
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