The Enchanting Lives of Others by Can Xue
The Enchanting Lives of Others by Can Xue

The Enchanting Lives of Others

A celebration of the beguiling power of literature, from one of the world's greatest storytellers At the...
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Author: Can Xue
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Enchanting Lives of Others by Can Xue

The Enchanting Lives of Others

$95.99 $50.53
The Enchanting Lives of Others by Can Xue

The Enchanting Lives of Others

$95.99 $50.53
Author: Can Xue
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

A celebration of the beguiling power of literature, from one of the world's greatest storytellers

At the Pigeon Book Club, a circle of readers gathers for exhilarating meetings to discuss literature. The only requirements for entry are an all-encompassing love of books and the intuition that to read is to love and to love is to read. Xiao Sang, a department store clerk, wonders if life can ever be as captivating as a novel. Newlyweds Fei and Han Ma struggle to build a marriage as Han Ma discovers a surprising gift for storytelling. Xiao Ma, a hopeful dreamer, explores the possibility of romance with an older man. Bound by a shared passion for fiction, each book club member seeks to understand the relationship between the stories they read and the lives they lead, reveling in both the quotidian details and the ecstasy of aesthetics.

This is the most accessible work yet from the celebrated writer Can Xue: a utopian comedy and a work of profound joy, a love song to literary inspiration and the remarkable beauty of the ordinary. The Enchanting Lives of Others explores what it means to know and be known to others through the transformative power of reading.

Author: Can Xue
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 02/24/2026
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780300281651

About the Author

Can Xue is the pseudonym of the Chinese writer Deng Xiaohua (b. 1953). Formerly a tailor, she began writing fiction in 1983. Her works include Barefoot Doctor, I Live in the Slums, Love in the New Millennium, Five Spice Street, and The Last Lover. Annelise Finegan is academic director and clinical associate professor of translation at New York University.


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