Someone to Talk To: A Novel

Zhenyun Liu

Published by Duke University Press 2018

Someone to Talk To

A Novel

Zhenyun Liu
Translated by: Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin

In the series Sinotheory

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822371885

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About this book

Originally published in China in 2009 and appearing in English for the first time, Liu Zhenyun’s award-winning Someone to Talk To follows two men living seventy years apart who in their loneliness and struggle to find meaningful personal connections highlight the contours of everyday life in pre- and post-Mao China.

Author / Editor information

Liu Zhenyun is the author of over a dozen novels, including I Did Not Kill My Husband and The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon.

Howard Goldblatt is a translator of dozens of works of Chinese literature, including those of Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan.

Sylvia Li-Chun Lin is an award-winning translator of Chinese literature.

Reviews

(Starred Review) "A chronicle of lives of quiet desperation lived half a world away, understated and thoughtful, cheerless without being morose."

-- Kirkus Reviews

"Dense with dozens of interwoven narratives of living through pre- and post-Mao China, Liu's scathing and illuminating tome is highly recommended for internationally savvy fans of Mo Yan, Yu Hua, and Yan Lianke."

-- Terry Hong Library Journal

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Series Editor’s Preface Carlos Rojas Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PART I: LEAVING YANJIN
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Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 396

eBook

Published: March 15, 2018
ISBN: 9780822371885