Night Train - Couverture souple

Zechen, Xu

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1949641988 ISBN 13 : 9781949641981

Editeur : Two Lines Press, 2026

Synopsis

Looking to take a vacation before settling in for to his PHD studies and hoping to swindle a little traveling money from his father, Chen Munian made up a story about killing someone and needing to flee. But now that lie has taken on a life of its own and everyone — the university, the police, the sprawling campus community — is convinced he's a murderer.

Munian is barely holding on: his wages are meagre, he lives with a group of chaotic roommates, he drinks too much with his crazy artist neighbour who is obsessed with Van Gogh, and his bumbling attempts to woo the beautiful Qin Ke always end in heartache. His life keeps spiralling out of his control, and he can't help but wonder if he was destined to be a murderer all along.

Xu Zechen's Night Train, in Jeremy Tiang's brash translation, follows characters who live on the precipice, where the foolish mistakes of young men can have devastating consequences.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Xu Zechen is the author of the novels Midnight's Door, Night Train, Heaven on Earth, and Running Through Beijing (Two Lines Press, 2014). He was selected by People's Literature as one of the 'Future 20' best Chinese writers under forty-one. The recipient of numerous awards and honours, he lives in Beijing.

Jeremy Tiang (he/ they) is a novelist, playwright and literary translator. He has translated over thirty books from across the Chinese-speaking world. Most recently, his translation of Zou Jingzhis Ninth Building was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023. His novel State of Emergency won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2018, and his short story collection It Never Rains on National Day was shortlisted for the same prize. He is the co-editor with Dr. Kavita Bhanot of Violent Phenomena: 21 Essays on Translation. In 2022, Tiang was the Princeton University Translator-in-Residence and an International Booker Prize judge. He has also served as a judge for the National Book Award (Translated Literature). Originally from Singapore, he now lives in Flushing, Queens.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Two Lines Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1949641988
• ISBN 13: 9781949641981
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 290
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• Personne responsable: non disponible