Someone to talk to : a novel / Liu Zhenyun ; translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu, Zhenyun, author.

Contributor:

Goldblatt, Howard, 1939- translator.

Lin, Sylvia Li-chun, translator.

Series:

Sinotheory

Standardized Title:

Yi ju ding yi wan ju. English

一句顶一万句 English http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2019014823

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

China.

China--Social life and customs--1912-1949--Fiction.

FICTION / General.

Local Subjects:

FICTION / General.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

ix, 376 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Tofu peddler Yang Baishun is a man of few words and few friends. Unable to find meaningful companionship, he settles for a marriage of convenience. When his wife leaves him for another man he is left to care for his five-year-old stepdaughter Qiaoling, who is subsequently kidnapped, never to be seen by Yang again. Seventy years later we find Niu Aiguo, who, like Yang, struggles to connect with other people. As Niu begins learning about his recently deceased mother's murky past it becomes clear that Qiaoling is the mysterious bond that links Yang and Niu. Originally published in China in 2009 and appearing in English for the first time, Liu Zhenyun's award-winning Someone to Talk To highlights the contours of everyday life in pre- and post-Mao China, where regular people struggle to make a living and establish homes and families. Meditating on connection and loneliness, community and family, Someone to Talk To traces the unexpected and far-reaching ramifications of seemingly inconsequential actions, while reminding us all of the importance of communication.

Contents:

Leaving yanjin

Returning to yanjin.

ISBN:

9780822370680

0822370689

9780822370833

0822370832

OCLC:

989701910