My Enemy's Cherry Tree

Wang, Ting-Kuo

ISBN 10: 1846276586 / ISBN 13: 9781846276583

Published by Granta Books, 2019

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272 pages. 8.50x5.31x0.63 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __1846276586

Bibliographic Details

Title: My Enemy's Cherry Tree

Publisher: Granta Books

Publication Date: 2019

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Brand New

About this title

Synopsis:

A man who has come from nothing, from poverty and loss, finds himself a beautiful wife, his dream love. When she vanishes without a trace, he sets up a small café in her favourite spot on the edge of the South China Sea, hoping she'll return. Instead, he is confronted by the man he suspects may be responsible for everything he has suffered: Luo Yiming, a prominent businessman and philanthropist who holds the small town in his sway. In the few moments the two men spend together, Luo is driven mad. So begins a story of desire and betrayal set against the tumultuous first decade of Taiwan's 21st Century. The recipient of all three of Taiwan's major literary prizes, My Enemy's Cherry Tree is a story of love, money and coercion, in which two men who have sought to acquire something unattainable, instead lose something irreplaceable.

About the Authors:

One of Taiwan's most celebrated authors, Wang Ting-Kuo was born in 1955. He began writing fiction when he was 18 and quickly took the literary world by storm, only to disappear from the literary scene when his soon-to-be father-in-law gave him a devastating ultimatum: either give up the precarious life of a writer or give up my daughter. Having made his fortune, Ting-Kuo returned with a vengeance with MY ENEMY'S CHERRY TREE which has since won all of Taiwan's major literary prizes. This novel marks his English-language debut.

Howard Goldblatt has translated over a dozen novels, including those by Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan.

Sylvia Li-chun Lin has translated over a dozen novels, including those by Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan.