To the East of the East - Couverture souple

Lu, Ping

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1642861677 ISBN 13 : 9781642861679

Editeur : World Editions, 2026

Synopsis

While chasing business opportunities in China, Min-Hui's husband disappears without a trace, forcing her to uproot her quiet life as a writer in Taiwan and travel to Beijing, where the chaos of the city leaves her reeling. Does the Chinese government truly have her best interests at heart, and how hard are the authorities looking for her missing husband? Marooned in the ancient capital, Min-Hui encounters the enigmatic Shangjun, a self-proclaimed human rights activist who seeks refuge in her hotel room. As their relationship blooms, Min-Hui allows him to read her novel in progress: a young Qing emperor confined within the Forbidden City becomes fascinated by pirate merchant Zheng Zhilong's tales of the Taiwanese seas. All the while, Min-Hui contemplates the discord in the marriage she is desperate to save. Exploring the universal longing for freedom with her signature multi-layered narrative, Ping Lu interweaves Min-Hui's search for her husband and her Beijing love affair with the historical backstory of her novel and unsent letters from her vanished husband.

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À propos des auteurs

Ping Lu is the pen name of Taiwanese writer Lu Ping. She won Taiwan's National Award for the Arts in 2021, and has previously also won the 2021 Taiwan Literature Award for The Gaps, the 2018 Golden Tripod Prize for Heart Mandala, and the 2016 Wu San-lien Literary Award. Her short story collections and novels have been translated into English, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Czech and many other languages. To the East of the East is her most recent work to be translated into English.

Jeremy Tiang won the Singapore Literature Prize for his novel State of Emergency, and was shortlisted for the same prize for his short story collection It Never Rains on National Day (forthcoming from World Editions). He has translated over thirty books from Chinese, including Zhang Yueran's Cocoon for World Editions, which won the Singapore Literature in Translation Prize. He also writes and translates plays-most recently Salesman, which was staged at New York's Connelly Theater, and received an Obie Award. Originally from Singapore, he now lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: World Editions
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1642861677
• ISBN 13: 9781642861679
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible