Two young girls sneak onto the grounds of a hospital, where they
find a disturbing moment of silence in a rose garden. A couple
grows a plant that blooms underground, invisibly, to their
long-time neighbors consternation. A cat worries about its
sleepwalking owner, who receives a mysterious visitor while hes
asleep. After a ten-year absence, a young man visits his uncle, on
the twenty-fourth floor of a high-rise that is floating in the air,
while his ugly cousin hesitates on the stairs . . . Can Xue is a
master of the dreamscape, crafting stories that inhabit the space
where fantasy and reality, time and timelessness, the quotidian and
the extraordinary, meet. The stories in this striking and lyrical
new collectionpopulated by old married couples, children, cats, and
nosy neighbors, the entire menagerie of the everydayreaffirm Can
Xues reputation as one of the most innovative Chinese writers in a
generation.
General
| Imprint: |
Open Letter
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
July 2011 |
| First published: |
September 2011 |
| Authors: |
Can Xue
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
200 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-934824-37-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-934824-37-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781934824375 |
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