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The boat to redemption
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The boat to redemption / Su Tong ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt.
ISBN
9781590206720
159020672X
Published
New York : Overlook Press, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Notes
Translated from the Chinese.
Summary
In the peaceable, river-side village of Milltown, Secretary Ku has fallen into disgrace. It has been officially proven that he is not the son of a revolutionary martyr, but the issue of a river pirate and a prostitute. Mocked by his neighbors, Ku leaves the shore for a new life among the boat people. Refusing to renounce his high status, he--along with his teenage son--keeps his distance from the gossipy lowlifes who surround him. Then one day a feral girl, Huixian, arrives looking for her mother, and the boat people, and especially Ku's son, take her to their hearts. But Huixian sows conflict wherever she goes, and soon the boy is in the grip of an obsession.
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English
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May 08, 2020
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