One of the most highly acclaimed US debuts in recent years and compared to Chekhov, Joyce, Cheever and Carver. In this collection of stories Livings gives shape to the anonymous faces in the crowd and illuminates the tensions, ironies, and possibilities of life in modern China. As heartbreaking as it is hopeful, a debut of a startling and wildly imaginative new voice in fiction.
One of the most highly acclaimed US debuts in recent years and compared to Chekhov, Joyce, Cheever and Carver. In this collection of stories Livings gives shape to the anonymous faces in the crowd and illuminates the tensions, ironies, and possibilities of life in modern China. As heartbreaking as it is hopeful, a debut of a startling and wildly imaginative new voice in fiction.