Blue Light in the Sky & Other Stories

by Can Xue, Karen Gernant, Zeping Chen

Book Overview

A selection of harsh, sometimes violent, and often surreal stories by the premier young avant-garde Chinese woman writer.

A couple moves with their young daughter to the seaside, only to be terrorized by hostile townsfolk, predatory seabirds, and the persistent sound of the waves. Two old friends spend their waning days traipsing amongst ruined walls, imagining bubbling brooks and lush marshland. An old man lives atop a bizarre wooden...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811216489
• ISBN13: 9780811216487
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"