{"product_id":"city-like-water-9781644453759","title":"City Like Water","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe city you grew up in is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. So much has vanished with it--classmates, teachers, counterfeit watches, the erotic toe cleavage that used to lead the way down secret passages. Yet you still catch snatches of conversation lingering in the air and glimpse sun-dazzled residents retreating into dark crevices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople seem to keep disappearing. Your mother joins in a housewives' protest, each woman waving the fake, bloody lotus roots they were sold until police helicopters unleash a glittery spray that turns them into statues. Then it's just you and your father at home, until he is quietly absorbed into the enormous new TV gifted by the government, and you spot him doing tai chi or picking through leftovers in the background of soap operas. And didn't you once have a little sister, before she flew away in her school uniform? As the police go undercover and transform your neighborhood into a violent labyrinth you can no longer navigate, where does this leave you? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucid, nightmarish, and indelible, \u003ci\u003eCity \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike Water \u003c\/i\u003eis a wondrous and pointed message in a bottle from a city not so different from your own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy Tse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644453759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy Tse is a Hong Konger writer and the author of \u003ci\u003eOwlish\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize, and \u003ci\u003eSnow and Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, which was long-listed for the Best Translated Book Award. She has received the Hong Kong Book Prize, the Hong Kong Biennial Award for Chinese Literature, and Taiwan's Unitas New Fiction Writers' Award. She is the cofounder of the literary journal \u003ci\u003eFleurs des Lettres\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNatascha Bruce translates fiction from Chinese. Her recent work includes \u003ci\u003eOwlish\u003c\/i\u003e by Dorothy Tse, \u003ci\u003eMystery Train \u003c\/i\u003eby Can Xue, and \u003ci\u003eLake Like a Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e by Ho Sok Fong. After several years in Hong Kong, she now lives in Amsterdam.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dorothy Tse \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47711884214429,"sku":"9781644453759","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3ccde5a7-a72e-4f74-b0c8-3055de980490.jpg?v=1773170373","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/city-like-water-9781644453759","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}