China

A reimagining of Moby Dick from the perspective of a cross-dressing female sailor. Moby-Dick reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor'Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange' Philip Hoare'One of the most valuable...

Long-listed for the Man Booker International Prize 2018, The Stolen Bicycle is now available in a more compact paperback edition.A writer embarks on an epic quest in search of his missing father's...

A dazzlingly eerie and bewitching novel. As the sun starts slowly disappearing, the residents of a remote town in the desert find themselves undergoing shocking transformations.In Five Poems Lake, a...

Translated by Michael Berry "She knew that if she didn't say her piece, that flame would never be extinguished; even after death, it would continue raging." The Running Flame opens...

Translated by Scott E. Myers Mu Cao is a bold, pioneering Chinese novelist who dares to challenge the status quo—living openly gay in China and shedding a strong light on...

Translated by Michael Berry Fang Fang’s Soft Burial begins with a mysterious, nameless protagonist. Decades earlier she was pulled out of a river in a state of near-death; upon regaining...

The Sun at Eight or Nine takes one back to the hinterland of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), a time of tantrums, political or personal, with the story of a mother...

'A layered, beautifully written, and deeply moving novel. Karissa Chen masterfully blends love, music, history, and heartbreak to create a sweeping tale that spans decades and continents' - Abi Dare There...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024A mesmerising reversal of the east-west immigrant narrative set against China's economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration of...

Translated by Dylan Levi King The phenomenal #1 Chinese bestseller, with over 3 million copies sold. This is a searing exploration of what makes a hero- a literary masterpiece, available...

Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019 The most ambitious work of fiction by one of the world’s greatest writers In this darkly comic novel, a group of women...

Longlisted for the Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award 'Vivid, enigmatic, enchanting' M. L. Rio 'Irresistible' Sunday Times Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing...

Through the life of a remarkable woman—based on pioneering stage director Sun Weishi (1921–1968)—this epic novel immerses us in the multifaceted history of China’s Communist Party. A powerful, insightful account...

A profound, poignant story of a village healer and her community, from one of the world’s great contemporary novelists In rural Yun Village, herbalist Mrs. Yi lives with her husband in...

‘Jia's playful mix of tradecraft, puzzle-solving and human folly brings an original twist to the spy fiction canon' — Sunday Times Five code-breakers gather in the mountains of China. Which...

On the night of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a woman gives birth alone in a Beijing hospital. Years later, her daughter Liya travels from America to China with her mother's...

Translated by Howard Goldblatt In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, a benign old monk listens to a prospective novice’s tale of depravity, violence and carnivorous excess...

Translated by Howard Goldblatt In Change, Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, personalises the political and social changes in his country over the past few decades...

The dreamlike story of a young woman in contemporary Beijing forging a different life for herself, from one of our brightest new literary stars. One morning in autumn, just after...

'A long-time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety years old. The rain and snow have weathered me, and I too have weathered them'At the end of the...

A wry and insightful portrait of contemporary life, this is the much-anticipated follow-up to the award-winning novel Chemistry.Joan is a thirty-something ICU doctor at a busy New York City hospital....

Translated by Carlos Rojas The five major religions collide in an exploration of spirituality and gender fluidity in a novel imbued with celebrated Chinese author Yan Lianke's distinctive wit and...

A pianist in Beijing must find a way to the life she really wants, in this atmospheric new novel from the critically acclaimed author of Braised Pork For three years,...

From a rising literary star, an epic historical novel, set against the tense backdrop of the Long March and Mao’s rise to power, that tells a powerful and moving story...

The highly anticipated English-language debut from a literary star — nine iridescent, beguiling, witty and wonderous stories of dispossession and longing. 'How do you know this is all real and...

A dazzling new collection of short stories written over a decade, spanning loss, alienation, ageing and the strangeness of contemporary life – from Yiyun Li, the prize-winning author of The...

The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation 'Life is but a slow, drawn-out process of getting your...

A novel in stories A startling and vivid debut novel in stories from acclaimed poet and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain, featuring deeply compelling Asian women who reckon with the past, violence,...

Translated by Michael BerryA twisted, wildly imaginative tale of one man's mysterious illness and his journey through a dystopian hospital system.When Yang Wei travels to C City for work, he...

Winner of the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize, Backwaters is a tender and exquisitely written debut novel examining identity, race and complex family history. Laura is tired of being asked where...

A propulsive, seductive new novel about friendship, exploitation and intimacy from the prize-winning author of Where Reasons End Fabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agnès, receives the news in...