I Love Bill and Other Stories
Anyi Wang author Todd Foley translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Published:15th Sep '23
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£108.00(9781501771057)
I Love Bill and Other Stories showcases the work of Wang Anyi, one of China's most prolific and highly regarded writers, in two novellas and three short stories.
A young artist's life spirals out of control when she drops out of school to pursue a series of unfulfilling relationships with foreign men. A performance troupe struggles to adapt to a changing China at the end of the Cultural Revolution. The head of an isolated village arranges a youth's posthumous marriage to an unknown soldier, only to have the soldier's former lover unexpectedly turn up. A fun trip takes an unexpected turn when two young women are kidnapped and sold off as brides. A boy's bout with typhoid provides an intimate look at family life in Shanghai's longtang alleys.
In this thoughtful translation by Todd Foley, I Love Bill and Other Stories offers poignant and nuanced portrayals of life during China's economic and cultural transition at the turn of the millennium.
ISBN: 9781501771064
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
Weight: 454g
260 pages