Hunter

A provincial ambulance drives through the night in search of a hospital, a fifth-rate actor goes method as a hitman on a sweltering rooftop, a legendary knife fighter is found working on the factory floor of a northern village.Hunter’s stories of deceptive, brutal realism play with myth and history, offering a vision of ordinary life in China with a magic realist turn.Filled with dark humor and written with a tinge of noir, these fictions grapple with the realities of contemporary China, and show why Shuang Xuetao is the most highly-celebrated young writer working in the country today.Granta Magazine Editions is a paperback original series of exceptional literary voices published by Granta magazine.

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A provincial ambulance drives through the night in search of a hospital, a fifth-rate actor goes method as a hitman on a sweltering rooftop, a legendary knife fighter is found working on the factory floor of a northern village.

Hunter’s stories of deceptive, brutal realism play with myth and history, offering a vision of ordinary life in China with a magic realist turn.

Filled with dark humor and written with a tinge of noir, these fictions grapple with the realities of contemporary China, and show why Shuang Xuetao is the most highly-celebrated young writer working in the country today.

Granta Magazine Editions is a paperback original series of exceptional literary voices published by Granta magazine.

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Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2 cm
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Paperback

Pages

256

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English

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General – Trade / Code: K