Heaven Mieko Kawakami
Step into an infinite world of stories
Ninth Building is a fascinating collection of vignettes drawn from Zou Jingzhi’s experience growing up during the Cultural Revolution, first as a boy in Beijing and then as a teenager exiled to the countryside. Zou poetically captures a side of the Cultural Revolution that is less talked about—the sheer tedium and waste of young life, as well as the gallows humor that accompanies such desperate situations. Jeremy Tiang’s enthralling translation of this important work of fiction was awarded a PEN/Heim Grant.
© 2023 Open Letter (Ebook): 9781948830881
Translators: Jeremy Tiang
Release date
Ebook: 11 April 2023
English
Singapore