Braised Pork

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DESCRIPTION : 'An Yu writes beautifully about loneliness, the experience of isolation, and the possibility of human connection, however fragile. Braised Pork is mesmerising' -- Ros ie Price, author of What Red WasOne autumn morning in Beijing, just after breakfast, Jia Jia's life changes for ever. After the sudden loss of her husband, the young artist sets out on a journey from a hidden jazz and whiskey bar, via a strange and dreamlike world of water, to the high plains of Tibet. Along the way, she crosses paths with people experiencing losses of their own, including someone who may be able to offer her the love she had long thought impossible. Cinematic and delicately beautiful, Braised Pork is an exploration of myth-making, connection, a world beyond words, and of a young woman's search deep into her past, in order to arrive at her future.**A STYLIST BEST BOOK OF 2020** PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9781787301870 BY (AUTHOR) Yu, An PUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing PUBLICATION DATE : January 09, 2020 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Harvill Secker LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 216 mm x 135 mm WEIGHT : 294 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Fiction & Related items Show more