City like water : a novel / Dorothy Tse ; translated from the Chinese by Natascha Bruce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xie, Xiaohong, 1977- Author.

Contributor:

Bruce, Natascha, translator.

Standardized Title:

Shi shui liu cheng. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/67013dae-4c94-bb00-4290-cfc82cb09225

逝水流城. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/67013dae-4c94-bb00-4290-cfc82cb09225 (bcp47)und-hani

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Cities and towns--Fiction.

Cities and towns.

Genre:

Urban fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Novels.

Physical Description:

96 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2026]

Summary:

"The city you grew up in is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. So much has vanished with it-classmates, teachers, counterfeit watches, the erotic toe cleavage that used to lead the way down secret passages. Yet you still catch snatches of conversation lingering in the air and glimpse sun-dazzled residents retreating into dark crevices. People seem to keep disappearing. Your mother joins in a housewives' protest, each woman waving the fake, bloody lotus roots they were sold until police helicopters unleash a glittery spray that turns them into statues. 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 doing tai chi or 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 neighborhood into a violent labyrinth you can no longer navigate, where does this leave you? Lucid, nightmarish, and indelible, City Like Water is a wondrous and pointed message in a bottle from a city not so different from your own"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version Xie, Xiaohong, 1977- City like water

ISBN:

9781644453759

1644453754

OCLC:

1579851067