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THE GRAYHAWK AGENCY
VIRTUAL BOOK FAIR 2020
ASIAN AUTHORS
@ YOUR KITCHEN TABLE?
Gray Tan grayhawk@grayhawk-agency.com
Jessie Hsieh jessie@grayhawk-agency.com
NEW TITLES BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS
THE MERMAID’S TALE QUIET IS A SUPERPOWER
LEE Wei-Jing (TW) Jill CHANG (TW)
Body, sexuality, ballroom dancing A unique guidebook for introverts
The next major Asian feminist storyteller
REGRETS
GREEN MOKEY SYNDROME Sharon CHUNG (HK)
Andrew YEH (TW) Optioned for major TV drama
Landmark work of Chinese SF
Non-traditional warfare in alternate Asia THE SNIPER
CHANG Kuo-Li (TW)
GHOST TOWN Jason Bourne meets John McClane
Kevin CHEN (TW)
Taiwan’s take on TWIN PEAKS THE MESSAGE
Winner of the Golden Tripod Award MAI Jia (CN)
Million-copy epic spy thriller
SAHA MANSION
CHO Nam-joo (KR) SECOND SISTER
Major new novel by the author of KIM CHAN Ho-Kei (HK)
JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 Rumor. Gossip. Revenge.
VESSEL STORIES OF THE SAHARA
CAI Chongda (CN) Sanmao (TW)
Pre-empted by HarperVia Autofiction meets travelogue in the desert
Over three million copies sold
WASTE TIDE
CHEN Qiufan (CN)
The definitive Chinese cyberpunk novel
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THE MERMAID’S TALE
A Novel by Lee Wei-Jing (Taiwan)
Translated by Darryl Sterk
*Winner of the Taipei Book Fair Award
*A Mirror Weekly Book of the Year
*A Kingstone Bookstore Book of the Year
*Official “Books from Taiwan” Selection
Summer is a young, single woman living in Taipei who dreams
of becoming a national ballroom dance competitor. Yet her
search for the right partner - that magical key to dance -- drags
李維菁・人魚紀 on endlessly. Dancing with her female classmates feels like
stealing their time; high-school age partners bring harsh
Publisher: ThinKingdom (2019) parental scrutiny, while dancing with men whose partners are
Pages: 232pp gone only sets her up for heartbreak.
Length: 45,000 words (English)
Full English translation available Summer’s teacher, Donny, can empathize with her plight.
US: Markus Hoffmann (Regal Though tremendously talented, he cannot keep a partner long
Hoffmann & Associates) enough to make it to the great stage at Blackpool. Even after
he puts aside his own sexuality so he can offer to marry and
RIGHTS SOLD care for the right partner, every woman he dances with
eventually leaves him to find love elsewhere.
Lee Wei-Jing’s bitter yet scintillating novel rewrites the fairy
tale of the mermaid dreaming of walking on two feet in a way
that pulls us closer to the true motivation behind it -- not love,
but freedom.
Lee Wei-Jing (1969-2018) was a veteran art critic and
journalist in Taiwan's culture circle. She was Editorial Director
for China Times's literary supplement before leaving to write
full time. Lee's first book, MY NAME IS HSU LIANG-LIANG
(2010), won the Taipei Book Fair Award and established her as
one of the most important writers of her generation. Her first
novel, LA DOLCE VITA (2015), was made into a movie in 2017.
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GREEN MONKEY SYNDROME
A SF Collection by Andrew Yeh (Taiwan)
Translated by Josh Dyer
*The landmark Chinese SF collection
*Winner of the China Times Science Fiction Award
*Comp with Ken Liu and Ted Chiang
*Official “Books from Taiwan” Selection
Disaster, biological warfare, environmental catastrophe, and
resistance to hegemony. No, it’s not a description of 2020; it’s
葉言都・綠猴劫 Andrew Yeh’s science fiction collection, GREEN MONKEY
SYNDROME. Originally published in 1987 and has never gone out of
Publisher: China Times (2020) print, these stories reflect a dystopian future so resonant with our
Pages: 264pp own, it is almost like they came out yesterday.
Length: 50,000 words (English)
English Sample translation available Set in a fictional East Asia, the four stories narrate the struggles of
the tiny island nation of Buron to resist the onslaught of its much
RIGHTS SOLD bigger neighbor, Garsia, via any means necessary. “Green Monkey
Syndrome” describes the disaster of a pathogenic weapon leaked
among indigenous tribespeople; “The Gaoka Case” tracks through
case files a pharmaceutical offensive designed to take advantage of
the enemy’s patriarchal culture; “I Love Thee Winona” and “The
Lost Bird” describe campaigns to manipulate disastrous weather
patterns and deliver bio-weapons through migrating birds.
These stories, fortified by the author’s own extensive research,
paint a picture of transnational warfare and brutal environmental
imbalance that will chill the blood of anyone who has been reading
this year’s news. Yeh’s surgically precise language and compelling
narratives read like 1984 meets BRAVE NEW WORLD meets the
front page of the New York Times.
Andrew Yeh (b.1949) is Assistant Professor of History and Creative
Writing at Soochow University. A historian by training, he has also
worked in newspaper and magazine publishing. He has written
several books on Chinese history. GREEN MONKEY SYNDROME is his
only work of science fiction.
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GHOST TOWN
A Novel by Kevin Chen (Taiwan)
Translated by Darryl Sterk
*Winner of the Golden Tripod Award
*Shortlisted for the Taiwan Literature Prize
*Official “Books from Taiwan” Selection
“A masterpiece of twenty-first century Taiwanese 'native soil'
literature that shows how international the most remote rural
backwater is and how worldly Taiwanese literature is. It’s quite an
陳思宏・鬼地方 achievement.” -- Chen Kuo-wei, Director of Graduate Institute of
Taiwan Literature, National Chung-Hsing University
Publisher: Mirror Fiction (2019)
Pages: 344pp A Taiwanese take on TWIN PEAKS, or SHARP OBJECTS meets
Length: 110,000 words (English) Flannery O’Connor in Garcia Marquez’s Macondo. A prodigal son
English sample translation available returns to investigate a death in the family in this bestselling
US: Markus Hoffmann (Regal literary mystery.
Hoffmann & Associates)
Yongjing, a small town in central Taiwan and whose name means
“Eternal Peace”, is anything but. It is the birthplace of Keith Chen –
youngest of seven siblings and result of parents who desperately
wanted a son but instead got only daughters. He turned out to be
gay; of course, he had to run away.
The story begins many years later, when Keith has just been
released from prison for killing his boyfriend in Berlin. He is about
to return to Yongjing, now a poor and desolate place. With his
parents gone, sisters married (to wrong guys), mad, or dead, there
is really nothing left for him here. So why is he coming back? What
Kevin Chen (b.1976) began his happened more than a decade ago that tore this happy family apart?
artistic career as a cinema actor, And why did Keith kill his German boyfriend?
starring in various Taiwanese and
German films. Now based in Berlin, Told in a myriad of voices – both living and dead – and moving
he is a staff writer for Performing through time with deceptive ease, GHOST TOWN weaves a
Arts Reviews magazine. He has mesmerizing web of family secrets and countryside superstitions,
published several books of essays the search for identity and clash of cultures.
and fiction.
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SAHA MANSION
A Novel by Cho Nam-joo (Korea)
Translated by Jamie Chang
*The much-anticipated follow-up to KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982
*Over 35,000 copies sold in Korea
*Sold to Chikuma Shobo in a six-figure deal
There are two classes of people in the Town: L and L2. The
ones with citizenship are referred to as Ls, or Citizens. They
are above a certain level of financial status with knowledge or
조남주・사하맨션 skills that the Town requires. The L2s are people without
citizenship but have a clean criminal record. After interview
Publisher: Minumsa (2019) and physical examination, they can stay and work for two
Pages: 372pp years in this safest and richest corporate nation on earth.
Length: 63,000 words (English)
Full English translation available Then there are those below even the L2s, illegal aliens called
US: Markus Hoffmann (Regal the saha. They are the immigrants, the disabled, the misfits,
Hoffmann & Associates) victims of violence and poverty who dwell in the decrepit Saha
Mansion and are named accordingly.
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So what happens when a respected young pediatrician is
CHIKUMA SHOBO (JAPAN) found dead in a parking lot, with evidence of drug overdose
AZOTH (TAIWAN) and sexual assault, and the prime suspect is her saha
EARNEST (THAILAND) boyfriend?
GRAMEDIA (INDONESIA)
LIVERIGHT (US) A major police crackdown ensues, with the boyfriend quickly
OFFER (UK) arrested and executed, but is he really behind the murder? His
sister, Jinkyung, vows to find out the truth, only to discover
the disappearance of a saha girl who has been the test subject
Cho Nam-joo subverted the of the Town Medical Lab. What lies behind the impenetrable
landscape of feminist discourse in walls of the Town, and who are the mysterious seven Premiers
Korea with her million-copy who rule it?
bestseller KIM JIYOUNG, BORN
1982, which was a Top 10 bestseller Eight years in the making, SAHA MANSION is a powerful tale
in the UK and is longlisted for the of dystopia and a battle cry for the dispossessed. Cho gives
National Book Award. Rights to the voice to the marginalized and often unseen minority. They are
novel have sold in 25 countries. all Kim Jiyoung, every single one of them.
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VESSEL
A Memoir by Cai Chongda (China)
Translated by Dylan Levi King
*Sold to HarperVia in a pre-empt
*The phenomenal number one bestseller
*Over 3,000,000 copies sold in China
*Film rights sold to Hong Kong superstar, Andy Lau
“An unprecedented and heartfelt first-hand deep dive into the lives
of rural Chinese workers that ultimately achieves universality in its
蔡崇达・皮囊 portrait of generational strife, family, love and loss. A Chinese GLASS
CASTLE or HILLBILLY ELEGY that neither romanticizes nor casts the
Publisher: Guomai (2014) elder generation as backwards and stuck but offers a way forward
Pages: 264pp where tradition enriches modern life.” – Juan Mila and Alice Min
Length: 70,000 words (English)
Full English translation available A heart-wrenching memoir about coming-of-age, leaving home,
US: Markus Hoffmann (Regal losing family and friends, and finding one's place in the world.
Hoffmann & Associates)
Growing up in an underprivileged family, Cai Chongda’s childhood
RIGHTS SOLD is nevertheless one of quiet happiness. Things change when his had
THINKINGDOM (TAIWAN)* a stroke – Cai was still in high school. In the next eight years, Cai's
MANN, IVANOV & FERBER only goal is to make money to pay for dad's medical bill. Like
(RUSSIA) millions of young people in China, he left home for university in
ALPHA MEDIA (KOREA) Beijing, hoping to eventually find a well-paid job in the capital. He
HARPERVIA (WEL) became one of the most successful young journalists in the country,
yet none of the fame or money could save his father.
Cai Chongda (b.1982) was born in
a small coastal town in the Fujian After his father’s death, Cai checked into a hotel room and began
Province. At twenty-seven, He writing furiously. The result is VESSEL, in which he writes about his
became the Director of Reporting at almost witch-doctor-like Nana, his mother's obsession of building
GQ China, the youngest person to her own house, and the long and tragicomic passing of his father.
hold this position in GQ's seventeen He also writes about childhood friends, most of which left their
international branches. He is the hometown like he did and struggled to find a place for themselves
founder of Magmode, a menswear in big cities. In Cai’s own words, it’s a book about losers and
brand incubator and fashion store. survivors, generations of Chinese men and women caught in the
VESSEL is his first book. whirlwind of manic economic growth from the 1980s to the
present. VESSEL is Cai's story, but also theirs.
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QUIET IS A SUPERPOWER
THE SECRET STRENGTHS OF
INTROVERTS IN THE WORKPLACE
By Jill Chang (Taiwan)
*Enthusiastic endorsements from Susan Cain, Doris Martin,
Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, Sylvia Lohken, and Nancy Ancowitz.
*Over 50,000 copies sold in Taiwan
*Official “Books from Taiwan” selection
It is all too common for us to describe people as either introverts or
安靜是種超能力・張瀞仁 extroverts, and then to make assumptions about their character
based on those broad categories. Moreover, many of the traits we
Publisher: Ark (2018) associate with introverts – a solitary nature, poor communication
Pages: 288pp skills, et cetera – are considered disadvantages in socialized
Length: 70,000 words (English) environments like the workplace. Jill Chang begs to differ.
Full English translation available
Writing from personal experience, high-flying non-profit executive
RIGHTS SOLD and former sports agent Jill Chang describes the incredible
potentialities of the introverted personality in work and in life, and
STAR RICH (KOREA) offers practical methods for better understanding and realizing
BEIJING WANGZHI (CHINA) those potentialities to their fullest extent. Instead of expecting
BERRETT-KOEHLER (WEL) quiet individuals to learn to become social butterflies, we should
NHA NAM (VIETNAM) understand how their personality traits make them valuable. Focus,
DAIMOND (JAPAN) listening skills, and the ability to inspire trust are only a few such
qualities that an introverted person might easily cultivate.
Jill Chang is currently Account
Director for Family Philanthropy at After graduate school, Jill Chang entered the world of sports
the international non-profit management, which was then entirely dominated by men. She
Give2Asia. She has found success in proved that introversion doesn’t in any way equate to a lack of
high-level managerial positions in ambition; this book is her way of reminding both introverts and
marketing, sports agency, and non-introverts of that crucial fact. For introverted readers, it offers
international business. A true tools to develop their own unique skills and cement their self-worth;
believer of the mantra that “success for non-introverts, it breaks down stereotypes and provides helpful
is an inside job”, she identifies as a guidelines for building productive relationships with introverted
full-on introvert. She was featured colleagues and friends.
in Taiwan’s 40 Under 40 for Girls in
Tech.
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REGRETS
A Novel by Sharon Chung (Hong Kong)
Translated by Jeremy Tiang
Twenty-five years in the making, REGRETS is Sharon Chung’s
literary masterpiece and a once-in-a-lifetime publishing event.
This is DOWNTON ABBEY meets MATCH POINT in pre-handover
Hong Kong, both a haunting family saga and a dark retelling of the
classic Chinese novel A DREAM OF RED MANSIONS.
When Yat-Ping visits his aunt, Chun, at the Wong Mansion on
鍾曉陽・遺恨 Victoria Peak, he has no idea he is about to enter a world of passion,
intrigue, and madness. Chun is Mr. Wong’s second wife, a frail and
Publisher: ThinKingdom (2018) sickly woman who cannot set foot outside. She beseeches Yat-Ping
Pages: 432pp to look after her willful daughter, Po-Chuen, by becoming her
Length: 120,000 words (English) private tutor. A bond develops between the cousins, yet Mr. Wong
English Sample translation available deems it inappropriate and fires Yat-Ping, unexpectedly triggering a
US/UK: Kelly Falconer (Asia Literary string of tragic events.
Agency)
Although forced to leave, Yat-Ping remains inseparable from the
RIGHTS SOLD Wongs’ affairs. In the years that follow, he is befriended by Cheng-
Yiu, Mr. Wong’s adopted son and designated heir, who is a shrewd
BOUND ENTERTAINMENT (TV) and cold-blooded manipulator; he falls in love with Kam-Chuen,
daughter of Mr Wong and his first wife, only to discover that she’s
Sharon Chung (b.1962) was born pregnant with someone else’s child; he is beaten up by Ching Hon,
in Guangzhou but soon moved to the family driver and son of the housekeeper, who sees him as a
Hong Kong with her parents. She threat; he is seduced by Wang-Tai, the sexy Portuguese heiress
published her first novel, A about to marry Cheng-Yiu; and he is equally confused and
PINWHEEL WITHOUT WIND when enamored by Po-Chuen, now a beautiful young woman, who still
she was 18, and it became an recalls his tutor sessions with fondness. Soon, a death in the
overnight sensation in Taiwan. After swimming pool will threaten to shatter the whole family, and a
obtaining her BA in Film Studies in kidnapping plot gone awry will reveal something far more sinister.
University of Michigan in the US,
Chung immigrated to Australia with Originally published in 1996, REGRETS has been completely
her parents before the 1997 rewritten by the author. The new version retains the same
Handover, but returned to Hong characters and plot but is richer in details and more sensual in
Kong later. language, steeped in smells and sounds of a bygone era.
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THE SNIPER
A Thriller by Chang Kuo-li (Taiwan)
Translated by Roddy Flagg
*Official “Books from Taiwan” selection
Imagine Jason Bourne meets an older and grumpier John McClane,
both inadvertent players in a top-secret, international arms deal
scandal worth billions of dollars. Spiced the story with black humor,
Chinese cuisine, and secret societies, and you get THE SNIPER – a
truly original take on the international thriller, Taiwanese style.
張國立・炒飯狙擊手 Twelve days before retirement, Taipei police detective Wu is given
a curious case: A Navy officer’s suicide in his hotel room. He is
Publisher: Marco Polo (2019) clearly murdered, Wu thinks, but the military wants to close the
Pages: 352pp case as suicide, with no questions asked. And that is only the first
Length: 70,000 words (English) of a series of suspicious deaths.
Full English translation available
US: Markus Hoffmann (Regal At the same time, a sleeping cell is called to action. Alex is a young
Hoffmann & Associates) Taiwanese sniper, ex-Marine, ex-French Foreign Legion, currently a
fried rice chef in Manarola, Italy. Ordered to assassinate a high-level
RIGHTS SOLD Taiwanese government advisor in Rome, he is soon on the run,
hunted by his old brothers-in-arms across Europe.
LUITINGH-SIJTHOFF (THE
NETHERLANDS) Who is killing Navy officers in Taiwan? And who ordered the kill in
DROEMER (GERMANY) Rome? As Wu races against time to solve the mounting cases before
GALLIMARD (FRANCE) retirement, Alex embarks on a journey back to Taiwan, back to his
HOUSE OF ANANSI (NA) beginning, where a group of war orphans were raised by a
BOUND (FILM) benevolent “grandpa” and trained to serve the nation.
Chang Kuo-Li (b.1955), one time Based on the biggest military corruption case in Taiwan history –
editor-in-chief of China Times the murder of Navy Captain Yin Ching-feng – THE SNIPER is both a
Weekly, is an award-winning masterclass in thriller writing and a study of the heart of darkness
journalist and novelist. He has in time of war and peace. Chang is working on the sequel, THE
published over 30 books, many of SNIPER AND THE MISSING BULLETS.
which are being adapted for film
and TV. THE STIR-FRY SNIPER is his
latest novel.
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THE MESSAGE
A Novel by Mai Jia (China)
Translated by Olivia Milburn
*Over one million copies sold in China
*Winner of Chinese Media Literary Award
*Winner of People’s Literature Magazine Award
*Korean-language film rights sold to The Lamp (A TAXI DRIVER)
China, 1941. While war rages on in Europe, Japan has
established itself as the supreme power in Asia. Hangzhou,
known for its beautiful scenery, has become a stronghold of
麦家・风声 the Japanese puppet government. One day, five officers from
the code breaking department are escorted to a secret
Publisher: ThinKingdom (2016) mansion outside the city. Their mission: find out who is the
Pages: 295pp communist spy among them. As they struggle to prove their
Full English translation available own innocence, the Japanese commander throws out a fake
Length: 110,000 words (English) message hoping to lure out the underground rebels. Will the
Japan: Tuttle-Mori mole – codenamed "Ghost" – be able to send the warning out
to his/her comrades, before time runs out?
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THE MESSAGE is Mai Jia’s most gripping novel to date, a
INK (TAIWAN)* brilliant deconstruction of the classic locked-room mystery.
MARTI (TURKEY) Using a Rashomon-style narrative, he sets out to reveal the
HEAD OF ZEUS (UK) identity of “Ghost”, then completely overturns the solution,
THINKINGDOM (CHINA) all the while blending facts and fiction, personal observations
QUETZEL (PORTUGAL) and historical document. A compact and twisty historical
GIMM-YOUNG (KOREA) thriller and a most satisfying page-turner.
MARSILIO (ITALY)
LIBRI (HUNGARY) Mai Jia (b.1964) is arguably the most successful writer in
China today. He is hailed as the forerunner of Chinese
espionage fiction and has published seven novels, with ten
million copies sold in total, each of which has been turned
into TV and films. He is winner of Mao Dun Literary Award, the
most prestigious prize in China. DECODED has been translated
into over twenty languages.
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SECOND SISTER
A Crime Novel by Chan Ho-Kei (Hong Kong)
Translated by Jeremy Tiang
*Long-awaited new novel from the author of THE BORROWED
**Significant six-figure film deal with Linmon Picture
A schoolgirl – Siu-Man – has committed suicide, leaping from her
twenty-second-floor window to the pavement below. Siu-Man is an
orphan and her older sister, Nga-Yee refuses to believe there was
no foul play. She contacts a man known only as N. – a hacker, and
an expert in cybersecurity and manipulating human behavior. But
陳浩基・網內人 can Nga-Yee interest him sufficiently to take her case, and can she
afford it if he says yes?
Publisher: Crown (2017)
Pages: 544pp What follows is a cat and mouse game through the city of Hong
Full English translation available Kong and its digital underground, especially an online gossip
Length: 160,000 words (English) platform, where someone has been slandering Siu-Man. The novel
US: Markus Hoffmann (Regal is also populated by a man harassing girls on mass transit; high
Hoffmann & Associates) school kids, with their competing agendas and social dramas; a
Hong Kong digital company courting an American venture capitalist;
RIGHTS SOLD and the Triads, market women and noodle shop proprietors who
frequent N.'s neighborhood of Sai Wan. In the end it all comes
HANS MEDIA (KOREA) together to tell us who caused Siu-Man's death and why, and to ask,
HEAD OF ZEUS (UK) in a world where online and offline dialogue has increasingly
GROVE/ATLANTIC (US) forgotten about the real people on the other end, what the proper
BUNGEISHUNJU (JAPAN) punishment is.
IMAGINIST (CHINA)
GRAMEDIA (INDONESIA) Part detective novel, part revenge thriller, SECOND SISTER explores
TRINI VERGARA (SPAIN) themes of sexual harassment, internet bullying and teenage suicide
NOVA FRONTEIRA (BRAZIL) – and vividly captures the zeitgeist of Hong Kong today.
ATRIUM (GERMANY)
Chan Ho-Kei (b.1975) is the author of THE BORROWED, one of the
LINMON PICTURES (FILM) most acclaimed international crime novels of recent years. He has
worked as software engineer, script writer, game designer and
editor of comic magazines. His first novel, THE MAN WHO SOLD THE
WORLD won the Soji Shimada Mystery Award. His works have been
translated into thirteen languages.
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STORIES OF THE SAHARA
A Story Collection by Sanmao (Taiwan)
Translated by Mike Fu
*A bestseller with over 10,000,000 copies sold
*Major Chinese-language film in development
*Official “Books From Taiwan” Selection
STORIES OF THE SAHARA is the literary breakthrough that launched
the career of one of the most captivating and enigmatic voices in
the Chinese language of the twentieth century. The mystique
surrounding Sanmao persists in no small part thanks to this book,
三毛・撒哈拉歲月 her first and most well-regarded work. Sanmao was the pen name
of Chen Ping, a woman from southwest China who spent her
Publisher: Crown (1988, 2011) childhood amid the turbulence of World War II and the Chinese Civil
Pages: 368pp War, before her family moved to Taiwan and then she in turn moved
Full English translation available to Europe, where she met her Spanish husband José Maria Quero.
Length: 100,000 words (English)
Editor: Alexa von Hirschberg STORIES OF THE SAHARA is autobiography, yet at the same time,
‘Sanmao’ becomes not only penname but also a persona
RIGHTS SOLD extraordinaire, blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality,
truth and fantasy. These are vivid stories painted against the canvas
THINKINGDOM (CHINA) of the Spanish colonial Sahara of the 1970s and the impending
MERIDIAAN (HOLLAND) political turmoil driving the narrative to its melancholy end. It is her
RATA (SPAIN/SPANISH) awareness of the unique burdens as well as advantages inherent in
RATA (SPAIN/CATALAN) her Otherness and her descriptions of the desert landscape that
CAPPELEN DAMM (NORWAY) have stuck with readers ever since, turning it into a modern classic
BLOOMSBURY (UK/WEL) of Chinese language literature.
KWIATY ORIENTU (POLAND)
LA NAVE DI TESEO (ITALY) Known for her unique storytelling sensibility, Sanmao’s writing is
SEIKU-SHA (JAPAN) characterized by an insatiable wanderlust, a sharp eye for detail,
KOREAN (JINABOOKS) and a life marred by tragedy. Her husband José, the love of her life,
BURMESE (SYNERGY) would die in a fatal diving accident in 1979, and in the end, Sanmao
SAFRAN (UKRAINE) was to take her own life in 1991. Her writings were republished as
a collection of eleven titles in 2011 to mark the twentieth
anniversary of her death, a tribute to one of the most beloved
writers of her generation.
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WASTE TIDE
A SF Novel by Chen Qiufan (China)
Translated by Ken Liu
*Winner of the Chinese Nebula Award
*Publishers Weekly International Hot Book Properties Pick
*Film rights optioned by Warp Films (UK)
*THE WIND-UP GIRL meets GHOST IN THE SHELL
“The pinnacle of near-future SF writing.” – Liu Cixin, Hugo-
winning author of THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM
陈楸帆・荒潮 Mimi is a 'waste girl.’ A member of the lowest caste on Silicon
Isle, located off China’s southeastern coast, and home to the
Publisher: Dook (2019) world’s largest electronic waste recycling center. There,
Pages: 259pp thousands of miles from home, Mimi struggles to earn a living
Full English translation available for her family and dreams of a better life. Luo Jincheng is the
Length: 100,000 words (English) head of one of three clans who run the island, a role passed
US: Eddie Schneider (JABberwocky down from his father and grandfather before him. As the
Literary Agency) government enforces tighter restrictions, Luo in turn tightens
Editor: Lindsay Hall the reins on the waste workers in his employ. Ruthlessness is
his means of survival.
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Scott Brandle has come to Silicon Isle representing
TOR (US/WEL) TerraGreen Recycling, an American corporation that stands to
HEAD OF ZEUS (UK) earn ungodly sums if they can reach a deal to modernize the
HEYNE (GERMANY) island’s recycling process. Chen Kaizong, a Chinese American,
EDICIONES B (SPAIN) travels to Silicon Isle as Scott’s interpreter. There, Kaizong is
EKSMO (RUSSIA) hoping to find his heritage, but finds only more questions. The
HAYAKAWA (JAPAN) home he longs for may not exist.
MONDADORI (ITALY)
EKSIK PARÇ A (TURKEY) As these forces collide, a dark futuristic virus is unleashed on
PLANETA9 (CZECH REPUBLIC) the island. Against the backdrop of a gritty near-future
SHARP POINT (TAIWAN) Chinese landscape, in a world of body modifications and
AULA & CO (FINLAND) virtual reality, a war erupts -- between the rich and the poor;
WARP FILMS (FILM) between ancient traditions and modern ambition; between
humanity’s past and its future.
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OUR AUTHORS
Cai Chongda (China) | Chan Ho-Kei (Hong Kong) | Chang Kuo-Li (Taiwan)
Jill Chang (Taiwan) | Chen Qiufan (China) | Chi Wei-Jan (Taiwan)
Cho Nam-joo (Korea) | Hiu-Ieong Sharon Chung (Hong Kong) | Di An (China)
Qiu Miaojin (Taiwan) | Lu Wei (China) | Ma Boyong (China)
Ma Ka-Fai (Hong Kong) | Mai Jia (China) | Kazuki Sakuraba (Japan) | Sanmao (Taiwan)
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