Frontier
Will be published approx. on 30. March 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
470 pages
978-1-940953-54-0 (ISBN)
Description
A surreal, fantastic coming-of-age novel blending Eastern and Western beliefs, from the winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester, NY
United States
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-940953-54-0 (9781940953540)
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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, Vertical Motion, and The Last Lover, which won the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction.
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.
Porochista Khakpour is the author of two novels, Sons and Other Flammable Objects and The Last Illusion.