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Name: Strange Beasts of China
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Author: Ge, Yan
ISBN: 9781612199702

by Yan Ge; Jeremy Tiang (Translator)

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From the publisher

A New York Times Editors' Choice

"Luminous and beguiling . . ."--The Washington Post

"Magical Realism at its best . . ."--The Wall Street Journal

From one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful novel that blurs the line between human and beast...

In the fictional Chinese city of Yong'an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures live alongside humans in near-inconspicuousness--save their greenish skin, serrated earlobes, and strange birthmarks.
Aided by her elusive former professor and his enigmatic assistant, our narrator sets off to document each beast, and is slowly drawn deeper into a mystery that threatens her very sense of self.

Part detective story, part metaphysical enquiry, Strange Beasts of China engages existential questions of identity, humanity, love and morality with whimsy and stylistic verve.

Details

Title Strange Beasts of China
Author Yan Ge; Jeremy Tiang (Translator)
Binding Paperback
Pages 240
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Melville House Publishing
Publication date 2022-03-15
ISBN 9781612199702 / 1612199704
Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
Category Fiction - Fantasy
Dewey Decimal Code 895.136

About the author

Yan Ge was born in Sichuan, China in 1984. She is a fiction writer in both Chinese and English. She is the author of thirteen books, including six novels. She has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Maodun Literature Prize (Best Young Writer), and was named by People's Literature magazine as one of twenty future literature masters in China. Her work has been translated into English, French and German, among other languages.

Jeremy Tiang is a Singaporean writer, translator, and playwright, based in New York City. He has translated more than ten books from Chinese and was recently honoured as the London Book Fair's inaugural Translator in Residence.