"Salt Fish Girl" is the mesmerizing tale of an ageless female
character who shifts shape and form through time and place. Told in
the beguiling voice of a narrator who is fish, snake, girl, and
woman - all of whom must struggle against adversity for survival -
the novel is set alternately in nineteenth-century China and in a
futuristic Pacific Northwest.
At turns whimsical and wry, "Salt Fish Girl" intertwines the
story of Nu Wa, the shape-shifter, and that of Miranda, a troubled
young girl living in the walled city of Serendipity circa 2044.
Miranda is haunted by traces of her mother's glamourous cabaret
career, the strange smell of durian fruit that lingers about her,
and odd tokens reminiscient of Nu Wa. Could Miranda be infected by
the Dreaming Disease that makes the past leak into the present?
Framed by a playful sense of magical realism, "Salt Fish Girl"
reveals a futuristic Pacific Northwest where corporations govern
cities, factory workers are cybernetically engineered, middle-class
labour is a video game, and those who haven't sold out to commerce
and other ills must fight the evil powers intent on controlling
everything. Rich with ancient Chinese mythology and cultural lore,
this remarkable novel is about gender, love, honour, intrigue, and
fighting against oppression.
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