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The Walking Boy by Lydia Kwa; OverDrive, Inc is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Walking Boy about?

The Walking Boy is a quest novel set in early eighth-century Tang Dynasty China, in the final days of the rule of the first Female Emperor Wu Zhao. The ailing hermit monk Harelip sends his disciple Baoshi on a pilgrimage from Mount Hua to Chang'an, the Western capital; Baoshi is the "walking boy" charged with locating Harelip's missing former lover Ardhanari. Baoshi lives with a secret only his Master knows, and he is filled with fears of being discovered. On his journey, Baoshi crosses paths with both commoners and imperial officials, as well as others who take delight in their queer identities; in doing so, he is released powerfully from his past shame. Lydia Kwa's novel is a book of quiet subversion, upending classical Chinese tropes with contemporary ideas around gender and feminism. Filled with psychological complexities, magic and poetic allusions to classical Chinese literature, The Walking Boy explores the intrigue of inner alchemy while exorcising the ghosts of history.

Who reads The Walking Boy?

Author

Lydia Kwa; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Arsenal Pulp Press Ltd.

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781552636930

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.29 / 5 (39 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14