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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.
Key selling points
• More than 3 million copies sold in China
• Translated into 19 languages
• A contemporary classic from an acclaimed contemporary Chinese author
Target readership
• For readers who loved The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo, The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, and Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
• Fans of Magical Realism and Chinese literature
• Readers of translated literature and historical novels
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