Mother River

Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book AwardIn Mother River, Can Xue, one of China's most daring...
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Author: Can Xue
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Mother River by Xue, Can

Mother River

$26.81

Mother River

$26.81
Author: Can Xue
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award
In Mother River, Can Xue, one of China's most daring and visionary writers, invites us into a surreal landscape where reality is as fluid as a river itself. This collection of thirteen stories weaves together vivid, dreamlike narratives that challenge our perceptions of time, identity, and existence.
Through her signature blend of the absurd and the profound, Can Xue explores the fragile boundaries betwen the known and unknown, between humanity and nature. In these tales, a man tries to chase down an ellusive golden peacock, a woman communicates with mysterious, shifting forms of light, and the river that runs through a small village seems to pulse with memories of its own.
Surreal, provocative, and unique, Mother River reinforces Can Xue's status as one of the most rewarding and complex writers working today--and a perennial favorite to win the Nobel Prize.

Author: Can Xue
Publisher: Open Letter
Published: 01/21/2025
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781960385314


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2024
Shelf Awareness 01/18/2025
Publishers Weekly 03/03/2025

About the Author
Can Xue is the pseudonym of celebrated experimental writer Deng Xiaohua, born in 1953 in the city of Changsha. She is the author of Vertical Motion, Frontier, Barefoot Doctor, and Five Spice Street, among other books.

Karen Gernant is a professor emerita of Chinese history.

Chen Zeping was a professor emeritus of Chinese linguistics.


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