Someone to Talk To: A Novel (Sinotheory)

Tofu peddler Yang Baishun is a man of few words and few friends. Unable to find meaningful companionship, he settles for a marriage of convenience. When his wife leaves him for another man he is left to care for his five-year-old stepdaughter Qiaoling, who is subsequently kidnapped, never to be seen by Yang again. Seventy years later we find Niu Aiguo, who, like Yang, struggles to connect with other people. As Niu begins learning about his recently deceased mother’s murky past it becomes clear that Qiaoling is the mysterious bond that links Yang and Niu. Originally published in China in 2009 and appearing in English for the first time, Liu Zhenyun’s award-winning Someone to Talk To highlights the contours of everyday life in pre- and post-Mao China, where regular people struggle to make a living and establish homes and families. Meditating on connection and loneliness, community and family, Someone to Talk To traces the unexpected and far-reaching ramifications of seemingly inconsequential actions, while reminding us all of the importance of communication.

Liu, Zhenyun

Literature & Fiction

Duke University Press Books

Tofu peddler Yang Baishun is a man of few words and few friends. Unable to find meaningful companionship, he settles for a marriage of convenience. When his wife leaves him for another man he is left to care for his five-year-old stepdaughter Qiaoling, who is subsequently kidnapped, never to be seen by Yang again. Seventy years later we find Niu Aiguo, who, like Yang, struggles to connect with other people. As Niu begins learning about his recently deceased mother’s murky past it becomes clear that Qiaoling is the mysterious bond that links Yang and Niu. Originally published in China in 2009 and appearing in English for the first time, Liu Zhenyun’s award-winning Someone to Talk To highlights the contours of everyday life in pre- and post-Mao China, where regular people struggle to make a living and establish homes and families. Meditating on connection and loneliness, community and family, Someone to Talk To traces the unexpected and far-reaching ramifications of seemingly inconsequential actions, while reminding us all of the importance of communication.

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Humor & Entertainment

LIU ZHEN YUN

Humor

Simplified Chinese Press

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Strange Bedfellows (Cambria Sinophone Translation Series)

Humor & Satire

Cambria Press

This collection of medium-length novels of Liu Zhenyun, containing his works of different ages like New Recruits, Politics and Work Unit. All of those works are containing the humorous creation and perfect stories of Liu style.

[Remembering 1942] (Chinese Edition)

Chang Jiang Wen Yi Chu Ban She/Tsai Fong Book

I Am Not Pan Jinlian (Collector's Edition)(Hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

Changjiang Literature Press

The book is an excellent work created by famous writer Mr. Liu Zhenyun after four years of efforts. Discarding gaudy content and returning to simplicity, the fiction always focuses on the suffering land and grassroots in simple layout and rich content, thrilling but soul-stirring plot. The major character often falls in a dead end while still moving forward in determination. This is a valuable masterpiece daring to face the reality directly in contemporary literary world. According to prominent critic Zhang Yiwu, the book is 'the most ambitious and imaginative book' of Liu Zhenyun and 'the fruit from his most persistent efforts in surmounting himself'.

One Sentence Functions as Ten Thousand Sentences (hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

Laughter and Tears: A Novel (Chinese Edition)

Guangdong Flower City Publishing House

Selected Works of Liu Zhenyun (6 Volumes, Hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

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A top ten thousand(Chinese Edition)

Nine Songs Publishing Limited

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Someone to Talk To: A Novel (Sinotheory)

Someone to Talk To: A Novel (Sinotheory)

一日三秋 (Chinese Edition)

Strange Bedfellows (Cambria Sinophone Translation Series)

[Remembering 1942] (Chinese Edition)

I Am Not Pan Jinlian (Collector's Edition)(Hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

One Sentence Functions as Ten Thousand Sentences (hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

Laughter and Tears: A Novel (Chinese Edition)

Selected Works of Liu Zhenyun (6 Volumes, Hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

A top ten thousand(Chinese Edition)