{"product_id":"you-are-eating-an-orange-you-are-naked-paperback","title":"You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked. - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheung-King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction \u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for Canada Reads 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of an AudioFile Earphones Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book Debut of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young translator living in Toronto frequently travels abroad--to Hong Kong, Macau, Prague, Tokyo--often with his unnamed lover. In restaurants and hotel rooms, the couple begin telling folk tales to each other, perhaps as a way to fill the undefined space between them. Theirs is a comic and enigmatic relationship in which emotions are often muted and sometimes masked by verbal play and philosophical questions, and further complicated by the woman's frequent unexplained disappearances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked.\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate novel of memory and longing that challenges Western tropes and Orientalism. Embracing the playful surrealism of Haruki Murakami and the atmospheric narratives of filmmaker Wong Kar-wai, Sheung-King's debut is at once lyrical and punctuated, and wholly unique, and marks the arrival of a bold new voice in Canadian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheung-King is a writer and educator originally from Hong Kong. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePRISM International, The Shanghai Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Humber Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. His debut book, \u003ci\u003eYou Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked., \u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, and was longlisted for CBC Canada Reads. He currently lives in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768941379872,"sku":"9781771666411","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8a3b96deb66f5c141a2c1e9ee4a1a86b.webp?v=1780340283","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/you-are-eating-an-orange-you-are-naked-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}