Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Fiction Prize
In a flat above a noisy north London market, translator Iona Kirkpatrick starts work on a Chinese letter. Two lovers, Mu and Jian, have been driven apart by forces beyond their control.
As Iona unravels the story of the lovers, Jian and Mu seem to be travelling further and further away from each other. Iona, intoxicated by their romance, sets out to bring them back together, but time is running out.
Xiaolu Guo was named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists
- ISBN10 0385538723
- ISBN13 9780385538725
- Publish Date 2 September 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Nan A. Talese
- Format eBook
- Language English