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Beijing Sprawl (Paperback)
Zechen Xu; Translated by Eric Abrahamsen, Jeremy Tiang
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R514
R440
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Second Sister (Paperback)
Chan Ho-Kei; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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Gossip. Rumour. Revenge. Wun Wah Tower. Kwun Tong district, Hong
Kong. When Siu-Man jumped from her window on the twenty-second
floor, everyone assumed it was suicide. But Sui-Man's sister,
Nga-Yee, a quiet and unassuming librarian, is determined to prove
it was murder. The police aren't interested in re-opening a solved
case so she contacts a man known only as N. - a hacker, and an
expert in cybersecurity and manipulating human behaviour. What
follows is a cat-and-mouse game through the vibrant city of Hong
Kong. The pair's investigation takes them from creepy
commuter-train gropers to Siu-Man's gossipy friends to the dark
corners of the city's digital underground - where online bullies,
sexual predators and shady tech businesses stalk their prey...
Reviews for Second Sister: 'An elaborate plot' New York Times
'Moves at a breathtaking pace and, with its bounty of high-tech
hazard, excites like a vintage Tom Clancy novel' Wall Street
Journal 'An important, multidimensional and even educational read
into the dangers of cyber bullying' The Straits Times 'Sharp-witted
and intense ... Dangerous feuds, cybertheft, and a predator
stalking Hong Kong' Booklist
In this sprawling, award-winning novel, celebrated Chinese writer
Liu Xinwu cordially invites you to an epic, riotous, and moving
neighborhood feast. On a December morning in 1982, the courtyard of
a Beijing siheyuan-a lively quadrangle of homes-begins to stir.
Auntie Xue's son Jiyue is getting married today, and she is
determined to make the day a triumph. Despite Jiyue's woeful
ignorance in matters of the heart-and the body. Despite a chef in
training tasked with the onerous responsibility of preparing the
banquet. With a cross-generational multitude of guests, from
anxious family members to a fretful bridal party-not to mention
exasperating friends, interfering neighbors, and wedding
crashers-what will the day ahead bring? Set at a pivotal point
after the turmoil of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Liu Xinwu's
tale weaves together a rich tapestry of characters, intertwined
lives, and stories within stories. The Wedding Party is a touching,
hilarious portrait of life in this singular city, all packed into a
Beijing courtyard on a single day that manages to be both perfectly
normal and utterly extraordinary at the same time.
In Taiwanese writer Lo Yi-Chin's Faraway, a fictionalized version
of the author finds himself stranded in mainland China attempting
to bring his comatose father home. Lo's father had fled decades
ago, abandoning his first family to start a new life in Taiwan.
After travel between the two countries becomes politically
possible, he returns to visit the son he left behind, only to
suffer a stroke. The middle-aged protagonist ventures to China,
where he embarks on a protracted struggle with the byzantine
hospital regulations while dealing with relatives he barely knows.
Meanwhile, back in Taiwan, his wife is about to give birth to their
second child. Isolated in a foreign country, Lo mulls over his
life, dwelling on his difficult relationship with his father and
how becoming a father himself has changed him. Faraway is a
powerful meditation on the nature of family and the many ways blood
can both unite and divide us. Lo's depiction of family dynamics and
fraught politics contains a keen sense of irony and sensitivity to
everyday absurdity. He offers a deft portrayal of the rift between
China and Taiwan through an intimate view of a father-son
relationship that bridges this divide. One of the most celebrated
writers in Taiwan, Lo has been greatly influential throughout the
Chinese-speaking world, but his work has not previously been
translated into English. Jeremy Tiang's translation captures Lo's
distinctive voice, mordant wit, and nuanced portrayal of Taiwanese
culture.
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Ninth Building (Paperback)
Jingzhi Zou; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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R376
R307
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The Borrowed (Paperback)
Chan Ho-Kei; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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Where there is murder, there is humanity. Hong Kong's greatest
detective, Inspector Kwan, is dying. For the past fifty years he
has been quietly solving crimes while the world changed around him.
Now on his deathbed, his partner Detective Lok needs help with one
final case. Through the story of six different but interlocking
murders, this bold and intricate crime novel spans five decades of
love, honour, jealousy and revenge, in one of the world's most
intriguing nations.
A unique anthology bringing together stories of queer life from
international playwrights, these seven plays showcase the dazzling
multiplicity of queer narratives across the globe: the absurd, the
challenging, and the joyful. From the legacy of colonialism in
India to the farcical bureaucracy of marriage law in Kosovo; from a
school counsellor in Taiwan coming out as HIV+, to coming of age in
an Israel-Palestine coexistence camp, this is a genre-spanning
collection of global writing. Contempt by Danish Sheikh (India) 55
Shades of Gay by Jeton Neziraj, translated by Alexandra Channer
(Kosovo) No Matter Where I Go by Amahl Khouri (Jordan) Only the End
of the World by Jean-Luc Lagarce, translated by Lucie Tiberghien
(France) Taste of Love by Zhan Jie, translated by Jeremy Tiang
(Taiwan) Peace Camp Org by Mariam Bazeed (Egypt) Winter Animals by
Santiago Loza, translated by Samuel Buggeln and Ariel Gurevitch
(Argentina) Originally selected and performed as part of the Arcola
Queer Collective's Global Queer Plays call-out event.
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Cocoon (Paperback)
Zhang Yueran; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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R440
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Cheng Gong and Li Jiaqi go way back. Both hailing from
dysfunctional families, they grew up together in a Chinese
provincial capital in the 1980s. Now, many years later, the
childhood friends reunite and discover how much they still have in
common. Both have always been determined to follow the tracks of
their grandparents' generation to the heart of a mystery that
perhaps should have stayed buried. What exactly happened during
that rainy night in 1967, in the abandoned water tower? Zhang
Yueran's layered and hypnotic prose reveals much about the
unshakable power of friendship and the existence of hope. Hers is a
unique fresh voice representing a new generation of important young
writers from China, shedding a different light on the country's
recent past. 'Cocoon is a stupendous novel, a beautiful and
formidable achievement on the grandest scale. Its ruthless
psychological realism is wondrously amplified by Zhang Yueran's
magical powers of description. Zhang Yueran's scenes and images
have an unworldly gleam of both hard-won insight and timeless
truth. The novel is a triumph.' - Ian McEwan, author of the
international bestseller Atonement 'Zhang dazzles with an
intricately crafted web of secrets centered on two childhood
friends in China. In lyrical prose, Zhang deeply humanizes her
leads as they look to the past in an effort to understand
themselves. It adds up to a remarkable and tragic story of family
and community.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review 'Cocoon is an
extraordinary coming-of-age novel, which confronts the cultural and
psychological legacy of the older generations with deep
understanding and penetrating insights. The story unfolds with
narrative exuberance and acute intelligence. It is Zhang Yureran's
masterpiece.' - Ha Jin, author of the National Book Award Winner
Waiting 'Flickers of personal history can quietly suggest a
national scale...As the past gives up its ghosts, Cocoon becomes a
tapestry.' - The Telegraph 'Cheng Gong and Li Jiaqi are childhood
friends. After many years of separation, they reunite and find a
shared interest in the stories of their grandparents' generation.
What happened on that rainy night in the deserted water tower in
1967? How did that event impact both families and the generations
after? Zhang Yueran, one of the most renowned young writers from
China, tells the story of the country's past in a different
perspective and with a unique insight. In her beautiful and
meaningful prose, hope and love reside where trauma heals.' - The
Millions Most Anticipated 'An irresistible siren-song of a novel by
one of our most original voices...a grandfather lies in a coma, his
brain destroyed by a nail and two friends reach across time and the
gaps between them to unravel the mystery of that nail, a mystery
that has haunted and tormented both their families. A transcendent
novel that suggests that family secrets and family crimes are the
nation from which none of us can ever fully escape.' - JUNOT DIAZ,
author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and This Is How You
Lose Her
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Cocoon (Paperback)
Jeremy Tiang
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R444
R364
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Cheng Gong and Li Jiaqi go way back. Both hailing from
dysfunctional families, they grew up together in a Chinese
provincial capital in the 1980s. Now, many years later, the
childhood friends reunite and discover how much they still have in
common. Both have always been determined to follow the tracks of
their grandparents' generation to the heart of a mystery that
perhaps should have stayed buried. What exactly happened during
that rainy night in 1967, in the abandoned water tower? Zhang
Yueran's layered and hypnotic prose reveals much about the
unshakable power of friendship.
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The Borrowed (Paperback)
Chan Ho-Kei; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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R479
R415
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From award-winning Hong Kong writer Chan Ho-Kei, The Borrowed tells
the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a Hong Kong detective whose career
spans fifty years of the territory's history. A deductive
powerhouse, Kwan becomes a legend in the force, nicknamed "the Eye
of Heaven" by his awe-struck colleagues. Divided into six sections
told in reverse chronological order--each of which covers an
important case in Kwan's career and takes place at a pivotal moment
in Hong Kong history from the 1960s to the present day--The
Borrowed follows Kwan from his experiences during the Leftist Riot
in 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict
between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against
Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; to the
Handover in 1997; and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called
on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire,
while Hong Kong increasingly resembles a police state. Along the
way we meet Communist rioters, ultraviolent gangsters, stallholders
at the city's many covered markets, pop singers enmeshed in the
high-stakes machinery of star-making, and a people always caught in
the shifting balance of political power, whether in London or
Beijing--all coalescing into a dynamic portrait of this fascinating
city. Tracing a broad historical arc, The Borrowed reveals just how
closely everything is connected, how history always repeats itself,
and how we have come full circle to repeat the political upheaval
and societal unrest of the past. It is a gripping, brilliantly
constructed novel from a talented new voice.
* First collection of full-length plays from British East Asian
playwrights * Ideal for schools, colleges and theatre companies *
In association with a conference at Tara Theatre and Goldsmiths
University in Spring 2018 A landmark collection of contemporary
full-length plays by British East Asian writers. Exploring subjects
such as cultural identity, the fragmentation of communities,
tradition, invisibility and discrimination, these plays are ideal
to perform. With an introduction by academics Dr Amanda Rogers and
Dr Ashley Thorpe, which sets the plays into context and explores
the hidden history of theatre from the BEA community. BOUND FEET
BLUES by Yang-May Ooi THE LAST DAYS OF LIMEHOUSE by Jeremy Tiang
JAMAICA BOY by Stephen Hoo CONVERSATIONS WITH MY UNKNOWN MOTHER by
Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen SPECIAL OCCASIONS by Amy Ng TANGO by Joel Tan
THE FU MANCHU COMPLEX by Daniel York Loh
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2021 AND "GLOBETROTTING" PICK! A
woman reclaims her own story in this taut and wholly original
literary tale from one of China's literary superstars. Hongmei is
the perfect Chinese wife: beautiful, diligent, passive. Glen is the
perfect American husband: intelligent, caring, well-off. From the
outside, Hongmei and Glen's life in the San Francisco Bay Area
seems perfect. But at home, their marriage is falling apart.
Post-its left on the fridge are their primary form of
communication. When Hongmei receives a beguiling email from a
secret admirer, naturally she's intrigued. But what starts out as
harmless flirting with an internet stranger quickly turns into an
all-consuming emotional affair. As Hongmei spills more and more
about her dark past as a military intelligence officer-in-training
in China, she falls deeper and deeper into a tense cat-and-mouse
game. Desperate and self-destructive, she embarks on an
investigation into her emailer's secret history...one that may tear
her life and marriage apart forever. A psychological story at its
core, The Secret Talker elegantly examines how repressed desire and
simmering silence can upend even the most idyllic marriage. As
Hongmei pursues her stalker, her identity and agency come into
question, and the chase curveballs into a captivating journey of
self-actualization. Yan Geling pierces the human psyche to reveal
devastating and emotional truths - and an ending that will leave
readers speechless. Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang
In Taiwanese writer Lo Yi-Chin's Faraway, a fictionalized version
of the author finds himself stranded in mainland China attempting
to bring his comatose father home. Lo's father had fled decades
ago, abandoning his first family to start a new life in Taiwan.
After travel between the two countries becomes politically
possible, he returns to visit the son he left behind, only to
suffer a stroke. The middle-aged protagonist ventures to China,
where he embarks on a protracted struggle with the byzantine
hospital regulations while dealing with relatives he barely knows.
Meanwhile, back in Taiwan, his wife is about to give birth to their
second child. Isolated in a foreign country, Lo mulls over his
life, dwelling on his difficult relationship with his father and
how becoming a father himself has changed him. Faraway is a
powerful meditation on the nature of family and the many ways blood
can both unite and divide us. Lo's depiction of family dynamics and
fraught politics contains a keen sense of irony and sensitivity to
everyday absurdity. He offers a deft portrayal of the rift between
China and Taiwan through an intimate view of a father-son
relationship that bridges this divide. One of the most celebrated
writers in Taiwan, Lo has been greatly influential throughout the
Chinese-speaking world, but his work has not previously been
translated into English. Jeremy Tiang's translation captures Lo's
distinctive voice, mordant wit, and nuanced portrayal of Taiwanese
culture.
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Costume (Paperback)
Pway Ngon Yeng; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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R530
Discovery Miles 5 300
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Coloratura (Paperback)
Lier; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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R706
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Li Er, whose innovative works of fiction have earned the admiration
of scholars and critics - and a passionate fan base of readers - is
one of China's most prominent writers. This landmark publication of
his Coloratura, a tour de force of literary innovation, marks the
first translation of the author's novels into English. Set against
the turbulent backdrop of the Chinese Civil War, Coloratura
revolves around the mysterious Ge Ren, whose story is told by three
narrators and a host of other voices. Who was Ge Ren really? Just
about the only thing anyone can agree on is that he is dead. But
how he died, and who he was when alive, are less than certain. Was
Ge Ren a hero, a Nationalist or Communist, a poet, translator,
scholar, or spy - or some combination of all these identities? And
how much of his story is merely fanciful ""coloratura"" nonsense?
As different factions fight for control of China, Ge Ren traverses
the political and intellectual life of the country, managing to
affect countless lives. Years later, in the present day, his final
surviving descendant, the intriguing ""compiler"" of the novel,
pieces together the stories of her enigmatic ancestor from a
patchwork of narrators, reliable or otherwise, and historical
documents, real or invented. But readers also will wonder if she
has an agenda of her own. The search for Ge Ren takes us from
Chairman Mao's stronghold at Yan'an to a barren People's Commune,
and then farther afield, with excursions into Russia, Japan, and
even a small town in England. Many of the characters and incidents
are actual historical figures and events, woven seamlessly into the
fictional storyline. Told with swashbuckling brio and painstaking
historical detail, Coloratura is both an illuminating journey
through twentieth-century Chinese history and a profound
exploration of the elusive nature of truth.
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Unrest (Paperback)
Pway Ngon Yeng; Translated by Jeremy Tiang
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R525
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