{"product_id":"in-conversation-dorothy-tse-and-natascha-bruce","title":"In Conversation: Dorothy Tse and Natascha Bruce","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTuesday 1 December\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6:30-9pm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePlease join us to celebrate \u003ci\u003eCity Like Water \u003c\/i\u003eby Dorothy Tse, translated by Natascha Bruce. Dorothy Tse is a writer from Hong Kong and the author of \u003ci\u003eOwlish\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity Like Water \u003c\/i\u003eand the short story collection \u003ci\u003eSnow and Shadow.\u003c\/i\u003e Natascha Bruce is a translator from Chinese. Her translation of \u003ci\u003eOwlish \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the NBCC Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'\u003ci\u003eCity Like Water\u003c\/i\u003e is an unclassifiable, sharp, ingenious, passionate novel in which the city that is dissolving is also one’s only home.'\u003cbr\u003e— Madeleine Thein, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'To be ushered into Tse's hallucinatory city is a revelation, an unnerving gift.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e— China Mieville, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rouse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe city you grew up in 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. Then the disappearances come closer to home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYour mother joins a housewives' protest over fake lotus roots only to be turned into a statue by the police. Your father is quietly absorbed into the enormous TV gifted by the government, reappearing in the background of soap operas. And didn't you once have a little sister, before she flew away? As the police go undercover and transform your neighbourhood into a violent labyrinth you can no longer navigate, where does this leave you?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucid, nightmarish and indelible, \u003ci\u003eCity Like Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a wondrous tale of a city not so different from your own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gritty and fragile at the same time, \u003ci\u003eCity Like Water\u003c\/i\u003e addresses a central horror of our times: the overtaking of our cities and people by the powerful. It does so without surrendering to the tamed version of reality, but by renaming the fear and re-envisioning resistance. That is exactly what poetic lucidity is supposed to do.'\u003cbr\u003e— Yuri Herrera, author of\u003ci\u003e Season of the Swamp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burley Fisher Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65125711479161,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/3385\/2310\/files\/9781804272282.webp?v=1793964484","url":"https:\/\/burleyfisherbooks.com\/products\/in-conversation-dorothy-tse-and-natascha-bruce","provider":"Burley Fisher Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}