Vertical Motion - Softcover

Can Xue

 
9781934824375: Vertical Motion
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1934824372 ISBN 13: 9781934824375
Publisher: OPEN LETTER, 2011

Synopsis

Two young girls sneak into the grounds of a hospital where they find a disturbing moment of silence in a rose garden. A couple grows a plant that blooms underground, invisibly, to their neighbour's consternation. A cat worries about its sleepwalking owner, who recieves a mysterious visitor while he is aleep. After a ten year absence a young man visits his uncle on the 24th floor of a high rise floating in the air. Can Xue is a master of the dreamscape, crafting stories that inhabit the space where fantasy and reality meet.

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About the Author

Can Xue is a pseudonym meaning "dirty snow, leftover snow." She learned English on her own and has written books on Borges, Shakespeare, and Dante. Her publications in English include, The Embroidered Shoes, Five Spice Street, and Blue Light in the Sky, among others.

Karen Gernant is a professor emerita of Chinese history at Southern Oregon University. She translates in collaboration with Chen Zeping.

Chen Zeping is a professor of Chinese linguistics at Fujian Teachers' University, and has collaborated with Karen Gernant on more than ten translations.

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Publisher
OPEN LETTER
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1934824372
ISBN 13 
9781934824375
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
230