I deliver parcels in Beijing : on making a living
Hu, Anyan, 1979-2025
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In the twenty years following Hu AnYan's high school graduation, he has held nineteen different jobs. He's been a convenience store clerk, a bicycle salesman, a security guard and a delivery driver (among many other things). He moves from city to city in China, slipping away any time the work gets too punishing or the bosses too bossy, carrying with him nothing but his copies of Chekhov and Carver. 'I Deliver Parcels in Beijing' is Hu's account of his life as a low-wage labourer working to live, not living to work.
Main title:
I deliver parcels in Beijing : on making a living / Hu AnYan ; translated by Jack Hargreaves.
Author:
Hu, Anyan, 1979-, authorHargreaves, Jack, translator
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2025.
Collation:
xii, 319 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Chinese.This translation originally published: New York: Astra House.
ISBN:
9780241733820 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
895.18609B895.186BHU
Language:
EnglishChinese
Added title:
BRN:
8941888
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Lending Library | Adult non-fiction | B HULives | Onloan - Due: 24 Feb 2026 |
| Teddington Library | Adult non-fiction | B HULives | Onloan - Due: 02 Mar 2026 |
| Twickenham Library | Adult non-fiction | B HULives | In-transit from East Sheen Library to Twickenham Library (Set: 13 Feb 2026) |