Ghost Cities [electronic resource]
Siang Lu2024
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR
LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD
Perfect for fans of Haruki Murakami, Ghost Cities is a profound and highly
imaginative novel that cleverly draws on Chinese history to explore the
absurdity of modern life and work.
Ghost Cities - inspired by the vacant, uninhabited megacities of China - follows
multiple narratives, including one in which a young man named Xiang is fired
from his job as a translator at Sydney's Chinese Consulate after it is
discovered he doesn't speak a word of Chinese and has been relying entirely on
Google Translate for his work. How is his relocation to one such ghost city
connected to a parallel odyssey in which an ancient Emperor creates a thousand
doubles of Himself? Or where a horny mountain gains sentience? Where a
chess-playing automaton hides a deadly secret? Or a tale in which every book in
the known Empire is destroyed - then recreated, page by page and book by book -
all in the name of lo...
Main title:
Ghost Cities [electronic resource] / Siang Lu
Author:
Siang Lu, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Wavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) ("276 MB;10:02:59 H")
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781004161089
Language:
English
BRN:
532898
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |