City like water
Xie, Xiaohong, 1977-2026
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The city you grew up in is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Though so much has vanished with it, you still catch snatches of conversation lingering in the air and glimpse sun-dazzled residents retreating into dark crevices. But then the disappearances come closer to home. Your mother joins in a housewives' protest over fake lotus roots only to be turned into a glittering bronze statue by the police. Then it's just you and your father at home, until he is quietly absorbed into the enormous new TV gifted by the government, and you spot him picking through leftovers in the background of soap operas. And didn't you once have a little sister, before she flew away in her school uniform? As the police go undercover and transform your neighbourhood into a violent labyrinth, where does this leave you? Lucid, nightmarish and indelible, 'City Like Water' is a pointed message in a bottle from a city not so different to your own.
Main title:
City like water / Dorothy Tse ; translated by Natascha Bruce.
Author:
Xie, Xiaohong, 1977-, authorBruce, Natascha, translator
Imprint:
London : Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2026.
Collation:
96 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Chinese.
ISBN:
9781804272282 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
895.136
Language:
EnglishChinese
BRN:
9076680
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twickenham Library | Adult fiction | Paperback | On order |