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City of Fiction

Yu Hua author Todd Foley translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Europa Editions (UK) Ltd

Publishing:24th Apr '25

£14.99

This title is due to be published on 24th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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In the early 20th century, China is a land undergoing a momentous social and cultural shift, with a thousand-year-old empire crumbling and the nation on the brink of modernity. Against this backdrop, a quiet man from the North embarks on a perilous journey to a Southern city in the grip of a savage snowstorm. He carries with him a newborn baby: he is looking for the child’s mother and a city that isn’t there.

This is a story of two people: a man who finds unexpected success after having journeyed to the hometown of the woman who abandoned him; and the woman he is searching for, who mysteriously disappeared to embark on her own eventful journey. This is a story about vanished crafts and ancient customs, about violence, love, and friendship. Above all, it’s a story about change and about storytelling itself, full of vivid characters and surprising twists—an epic tale, as inexorable as time itself and as gripping as a classic adventure story.

“Once an edgy experimentalist, Yu Hua is now one of China’s best-selling writers.”

* The Paris Review *

“Wencheng (City of Fiction) is not just a city where the story happens, but a space in which the readers can let their imaginations roam free.”

* China Dai

ISBN: 9781787705654

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

352 pages