A dark, dazzling debut that moves between the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution and the present day — a magical-realist family saga about inherited trauma, the long shadow of colonialism, and the inescapable pull of fate.
Qianze hasn't seen her father in eleven years — not since he vanished the night of her fourteenth birthday. Then comes the call: there's a man on the porch of her childhood home, asking for her. But the frail, haunted stranger who waits there is not the Ba she remembers, and he has come to deliver a half-forgotten prophecy.
As Ba unspools his past — from his violent days as a Red Guard to his mother's youth under occupation — Qianze finds herself stalked by visions: fox spirits on her evening commute, a jackalope prowling her nightmares, and a prophecy creeping ever closer.
Spanning decades and continents and steeped in folklore, Alice Evelyn Yang's debut is a hypnotic story of family, forgiveness and fate that will leave you unsettled and undone — perfect for readers of atmospheric Asian literary fiction and magical realism.
Paperback · Literary fiction / magical realism · Available at Book Tanks, delivered across Malaysia.
Book details
Author: Alice Evelyn Yang
ISBN: 9780063419292
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Genre: Literary fiction / magical realism
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