Description |
221 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Kindness -- A man like him -- Prison -- The proprietress -- House fire -- Number three, Garden Road -- Sweeping past -- Souvenir -- Gold boy, emerald girl |
Summary |
The stories in the collection are mostly set in the China of the 21st century, where economic development has led to situations unknown to previous decades: residents in a shabby block of flats witnessing in awe the property boom; a local entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist sheltering women in trouble in her mansion; a group of retired women discovering fame late in their lives as private investigators specialising in extramarital affairs; a young woman setting up a blog to publicise an alleged affair of her father |
Notes |
"The following stories that appear in this work have been previously published: 'Kindness' was originally published in A Public Space; 'A man like him' and 'Gold boy, emerald girl' were originally published in The New Yorker; 'Prison' was originally published in Tin House; 'The proprietress' was originally published in Zoetrope: All-Story; 'House fire' was originally published in Granta; 'Number three, Garden Road' was originally published in Waving at the Gardner: The Asham Award Short-Story Collection; 'Sweeping past' was orginally published in The Gaurdian; 'Souvenir' was originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle"--T.p. verso |
Subject |
Chinese -- Fiction.
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Short stories, American -- 21st century.
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Short stories, Chinese -- China.
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Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Fiction.
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LC no. |
2009047298 |
ISBN |
1400068134 (hbk.) |
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9781400068135 (hbk.) |
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