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Strange beasts of China

Yan, Ge 1984- (author.). Tiang, Jeremy, (translator.).

Summary: "From one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful bestiary 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 inquiry, Strange Beasts of China engages existential questions of identity, humanity, love, and morality with whimsy and stylistic verve. First published in the UK by Tilted Axis"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781612199092
ISBN: 1612199097
ISBN: 9781612199108
Physical Description: print
232 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Brooklyn : Melville House, 2021.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published as Yi shou zhi by CITIC Publishing Group, 2006".
Formatted Contents Note:	Sorrowful beasts -- Joyous beasts -- Sacrificial beasts -- Impasse beasts -- Flourishing beasts -- Thousand league beasts -- Heartsick beasts -- Prime beasts -- Returning beasts -- Epilogue.
Language Note:	Translated from the Chinese.
Awards Note:	A Junior Library Guild selection