The Postman
Sometimes a letter is a little piece of heaven: Penguin Specials
1st Edition
Published on 20. August 2019
106 pages
978-1-76014-512-5 (ISBN)
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When in 1936 a brutally tortured body of a local postman is found outside of Shanghai's St. Theresa's church, the local constable brushes off the case. Zhongliang, however, comes to find out that his father's death was no mistake. Giving up his studies, Zhongliang stumbles into a secret world where he is known as 'Catfish'. His new postman duty takes him to the streets of Shanghai where he delivers coded letters to cryptic addresses, conspires against the invading Japanese forces, falls in love, and eventually gets completely absorbed by his own sense of righteousness.
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Bi Yu is a Chinese novelist who started his writing career in 1999. His works include The Great Sound, The Broken Sun, Romance, Ode to Joy, The Road to Heaven and Nothing is Impossible amongst others. His novels have been adopted for film and television, and have been translated into foreign languages.
Jesse Field is Dean of Studies at Bard Early College at Houde Academy, Shenzhen, where he also teaches courses on writing, literature, history and philosophy. He has translated works by Yang Jiang, Mo Yan, Bi Feiyu, Ge Zhaoguang, and many others.
Jesse Field is Dean of Studies at Bard Early College at Houde Academy, Shenzhen, where he also teaches courses on writing, literature, history and philosophy. He has translated works by Yang Jiang, Mo Yan, Bi Feiyu, Ge Zhaoguang, and many others.
