Paperback, 112 pages
Published by Graywolf Press.
City Like Water
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- 978-1-64445-375-9
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“City Like Water is that rarest of birds, a dreamlike and befuddling tale that is easy to consume, to gobble up quickly, leaving you hungry for more. It is an absolute treat, deserving of a place on he bookshelves of anyone who appreciates quality prose and vivid works of imagination.”—James Kinsley
Your city is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. So much has vanished with it—counterfeit watches, streets echoing with the sound of stilettos, and even some of your classmates and teachers. Your mother joins in a housewives’ protest, each woman waving the fake, bloody lotus roots they were sold until they’re turned into statues. Then it’s just you and your father at home. But soon he is absorbed into the enormous TV gifted by the government, and you can only see him in the background of soap operas. And didn’t you once have a …
“City Like Water is that rarest of birds, a dreamlike and befuddling tale that is easy to consume, to gobble up quickly, leaving you hungry for more. It is an absolute treat, deserving of a place on he bookshelves of anyone who appreciates quality prose and vivid works of imagination.”—James Kinsley
Your city is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. So much has vanished with it—counterfeit watches, streets echoing with the sound of stilettos, and even some of your classmates and teachers. Your mother joins in a housewives’ protest, each woman waving the fake, bloody lotus roots they were sold until they’re turned into statues. Then it’s just you and your father at home. But soon he is absorbed into the enormous TV gifted by the government, and you can only see him in the background of soap operas. And didn’t you once have a little sister? When the police go undercover and transform your neighborhood into a violent labyrinth, where does it all leave you? Lucid, nightmarish, and indelible, City Like Water is a wondrous tale of a city not so different from your own.