Salt Fish Girl is the mesmerizing tale of an ageless female character who shifts shape and form through time and place. Told in the beguiling voice of a narrator who is fish, snake, girl, and woman - all of whom must struggle against adversity for survival - the novel is set alternately in nineteenth-century China and in a futuristic Pacific Northwest. At turns whimsical and wry, Salt Fish Girl intertwines the story of Nu Wa, the shape-shifter, and that of Miranda, a troubled young girl living in the walled city of Serendipity circa 2044. Miranda is haunted by traces of her mother's glamourous cabaret career, the strange smell of durian fruit that lingers about her, and odd tokens reminiscient of Nu Wa. Could Miranda be infected by the Dreaming Disease that makes the past leak into the present? Framed by a playful sense of magical realism, Salt Fish Girl reveals a futuristic Pacific Northwest where corporations govern cities, factory workers are cybernetically engineered, middle-class labour is a video game, and those who haven't sold out to commerce and other ills must fight the evil powers intent on controlling everything. Rich with ancient Chinese mythology and cultural lore, this remarkable novel is about gender, love, honour, intrigue, and fighting against oppression.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dundurn Press
ISBN-10
0887623824
ISBN-13
9780887623820
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202732676
Product Key Features
Book Title
Salt Fish Girl : a Novel
Author
Larissa Lai
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Contemporary Women, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Literary
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Fiction
Dimensions
Item Length
7.7in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
0 Vols.
Edition Description
Reprint
Edition Number
2
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
21
Number of Pages
288 Pages
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