02087cam a2200313 4500 551813681 TxAuBib 20220413120000.0 220321s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781612199702 PAP 17.99 1612199704 PAP 17.99 TxAuBib eng chi Strange beasts of China [BOOK] / Yan Ge ; translated by Jeremy Tiang. Yi shou zhi. Brooklyn : Melville House, 2021. 232 pages ; 22 cm. "Originally published as Yi shou zhi by CITIC Publishing Group, 2006". Sorrowful beasts -- Joyous beasts -- Sacrificial beasts -- Impasse beasts -- Flourishing beasts -- Thousand league beasts -- Heartsick beasts -- Prime beasts -- Returning beasts -- Epilogue. "From one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful bestiary that blurs the line between human and beast ... In the fictional Chinese city of Yong'an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures live alongside humans in near-inconspicuousness--save their greenish skin, serrated earlobes, and strange birthmarks. Aided by her elusive former professor and his enigmatic assistant, our narrator sets off to document each beast, and is slowly drawn deeper into a mystery that threatens her very sense of self. Part detective story, part metaphysical inquiry, Strange Beasts of China engages existential questions of identity, humanity, love, and morality with whimsy and stylistic verve. First published in the UK by Tilted Axis". 20220413. English; Translated from the Chinese. Animals, Mythical China Fiction. Zoologists China Fiction. Magic realism (Literature.) Fantasy fiction. Tiang, Jeremy, translator. Yan, Ge, 1984-