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A bewitching novel about memory, loss and the search for redemption, from one of China's freshest voices. Coral and her frisbee-obsessed boyfriend, Red, live in a cramped tower block in the megalopolis that is modern-day Beijing. The epitome of disaffected youth, their already fragile existence is shattered by the arrival of a mysterious fishy package. As the smells of the sea wash over her, Coral is transported back to a traumatic childhood dominated by solitude, fear and shame. Coral was raised by silent grandparents among the stern and superstitious fishermen of the remote village of Stone. Shunned from birth as a bringer of ill fortune, and exposed to the malevolent forces of a closed-off society, she immersed herself in the minutiae of the landscape around her. At fifteen, she escaped to the big city and shut the door on the darkness of her past. As the narrative darts between the forbidding sprawl of Beijing and the rhythms of a tiny coastal village, our narrator struggles to navigate a path through painful and hidden memories of a time spent helpless, cold and alone. But when a sick old man appears on Coral's doorstep, the past and present shockingly converge, and she is forced to confront the secrets of her history in order to realize her dreams for the future. Beautifully poetic, lyrical and haunting, yet infused with a quiet and gentle humour, Village of Stone is a startling and bewitching novel from one of contemporary China's freshest voices. "From the Trade Paperback edition."

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"A refreshing departure from much of the recent Chinese fiction to reach these shores. The language has the pared-down simplicity of a fable; the effect is a bit like that of a Haruki Murakami novel" (Times Literary Supplement)

"Open this book and you will see a Chinese girl stepping towards you out of China's past and into its present, with all her dreams and striving" (Xinran)

"Exquisitely written and intricately contructed" (Independent)

"Reading it is rather like finding yourself in a dream: "once upon a time..." People are going to like this book very much... What could have been a misery of a story has the mysterious charm of a fairy tale or a legend" (Doris Lessing)
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'Reading it is rather like finding yourself in a dream: "once upon a time..." People are going to like this book very much' Doris Lessing

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  • PublisherVintage
  • Publication date2005
  • ISBN 10 0099484951
  • ISBN 13 9780099484950
  • BindingMass Market Paperback
  • Number of pages192
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