{"product_id":"the-invisibility-cloak-paperback","title":"The Invisibility Cloak - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGe Fei\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCanaan Morse\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lightly surreal story of misfortune, menace, and high-end stereo equipment in the cutthroat, capitalistic world of modern China.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn NYRB Classics Original \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The hero of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisibility Cloak\u003c\/i\u003e lives in contemporary Beijing--where everyone is doing their best to hustle up the ladder of success while shouldering an ever-growing burden of consumer goods--and he's a loser. Well into his forties, he's divorced (and still doting on his ex), childless, and living with his sister (her husband wants him out) in an apartment at the edge of town with a crack in the wall the wind from the north blows through while he gets by, just, by making customized old-fashioned amplifiers for the occasional rich audio-obsessive. He has contempt for his clients and contempt for himself. The only things he really likes are Beethoven and vintage speakers. Then an old friend tips him off about a special job--a little risky but just don't ask too many questions--and can it really be that this hopeless loser wins? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis provocative and seriously funny exercise in the social fantastic by the brilliantly original Ge Fei, one of China's finest living writers, is among the most original works of fiction to come out of China in recent years. It is sure to appeal to readers of Haruki Murakami and other fabulists of contemporary irreality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGe Fei\u003c\/b\u003e is the pen name of Liu Yong. He is best known for his Jiangnan Trilogy, which includes the novels \u003ci\u003eRenmian Taohua\u003c\/i\u003e (Peach Blossom Beauty), \u003ci\u003eMy Dream of the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand River\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpring Ends in Jiangnan\u003c\/i\u003e, and for which he received the 2015 Mao Dun Literature Prize. He teaches at Tsinghua University in Beijing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCanaan Morse\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator, poet, and editor based in Boston. He co-founded the literary quarterly \u003ci\u003ePathlight: New Chinese Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, and has contributed translations of Chinese prose and poetry to \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. He won the Susan Sontag Prize for Translation in 2014 for \u003ci\u003eThe Invisibility Cloak\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770376290592,"sku":"9781681370200","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cc239c41b41871aa6ca69e4a7ed9d10b.webp?v=1780370440","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-invisibility-cloak-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}