It is the late twenty-first century, and Momo is the most
celebrated dermal care technician in all of T City. Humanity has
migrated to domes at the bottom of the sea to escape devastating
climate change. The world is dominated by powerful media
conglomerates and runs on exploited cyborg labor. Momo prefers to
keep to herself, and anyway she's too busy for other relationships:
her clients include some of the city's best-known media
personalities. But after meeting her estranged mother, she begins
to explore her true identity, a journey that leads to questioning
the bounds of gender, memory, self, and reality. First published in
Taiwan in 1995, The Membranes is a classic of queer speculative
fiction in Chinese. Chi Ta-wei weaves dystopian tropes-heirloom
animals, radiation-proof combat drones, sinister surveillance
technologies-into a sensitive portrait of one young woman's quest
for self-understanding. Predicting everything from fitness tracking
to social media saturation, this visionary and sublime novel stands
out for its queer and trans themes. The Membranes reveals the
diversity and originality of contemporary speculative fiction in
Chinese, exploring gender and sexuality, technological domination,
and regimes of capital, all while applying an unflinching
self-reflexivity to the reader's own role. Ari Larissa Heinrich's
translation brings Chi's hybrid punk sensibility to all readers
interested in books that test the limits of where speculative
fiction can go.
General
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan |
| Release date: |
June 2021 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Translators: |
Ari Larissa Heinrich
|
| Authors: |
Ta-Wei Chi
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
168 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-19571-3 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
Chinese
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: history & criticism >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-231-19571-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780231195713 |
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