I Love Bill and Other Stories, Hardback Book

I Love Bill and Other Stories Hardback

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I Love Bill and Other Stories showcases the work of Wang Anyi, one of China's most prolific and highly regarded writers, in two novellas and three short stories.

A young artist's life spirals out of control when she drops out of school to pursue a series of unfulfilling relationships with foreign men.

A performance troupe struggles to adapt to a changing China at the end of the Cultural Revolution.

The head of an isolated village arranges a youth's posthumous marriage to an unknown soldier, only to have the soldier's former lover unexpectedly turn up.

A fun trip takes an unexpected turn when two young women are kidnapped and sold off as brides.

A boy's bout with typhoid provides an intimate look at family life in Shanghai's longtang alleys. In this thoughtful translation by Todd Foley, I Love Bill and Other Stories offers poignant and nuanced portrayals of life during China's economic and cultural transition at the turn of the millennium.

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