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City of Fiction by Yu Hua is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is City of Fiction about?

A story of love, blood and dreams, set in early 20th century ChinaIn the early 20th century, China is a land undergoing a momentous social and cultural shift, with a thousand-year-old empire crumbling and the nation on the brink of modernity. Against this backdrop, a quiet man from the North embarks on a perilous journey to a Southern city in the grip of a savage snowstorm. He carries with him a newborn baby: he is looking for the child's mother and a city that isn't there.This is a story of two people: a man who finds unexpected success after having journeyed to the hometown of the woman who abandoned him; and the woman he is searching for, who mysteriously disappeared to embark on her own eventful journey. This is a story about vanished crafts and ancient customs, about violence, love, and friendship. Above all, it's a story about change and about storytelling itself, full of vivid characters, ranging from bandits to vengeful...

Who reads City of Fiction?

Author

Yu Hua

Publisher

Europa Editions, Incorporated

Published

2025

Language

EN

ISBN

9788889660942

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Contemporary Fiction, Fiction