Hunter
Shuang Xuetao author Jeremy Tiang translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Granta Publications Ltd
Publishing:19th Jun '25
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 19th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
From the Granta Magazine Editions series: A collection of gritty, surreal short stories that offer new visions of life in China today.
A provincial ambulance drives through the night in search of a hospital, a fifth-rate actor goes method as a hitman on a sweltering rooftop, a legendary knife fighter is found working on the factory floor of a northern village. Hunter's stories of deceptive, brutal realism play with myth and history, offering sketches of ordinary life that take a magic realist turn. Filled with dark humour and written with a tinge of noir, these stories grapple with the realities of life in contemporary China.
One of China's most celebrated young authors . . . he has been hailed for bringing attention to a time and people that China's public imagination had long written off -- Vivian Wang * New York Times *
Shuang Xuetao offers an unsparing portrait of life in China's industrial north-east . . . The Dongbei renaissance draws attention to places left behind by the nation's rise but also points to demand for honest, nuanced accounts of the real China * The Economist *
In sparse, vernacular prose, Shuang uses fabulist noir to evoke the pace of social change . . . Shuang's multi-voiced narratives both challenge and confirm that maxim, conveying the contested legacies of recent Chinese history * The New Yorker *
ISBN: 9781738536245
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
288 pages