A bewitching novel about memory, loss and the search for redemption, from one of China s freshest voices.
Coral and her frisbee-obsessed boyfriend, Red, live in a cramped tower block in the megalopolis that is modern-day Beijing. The epitome of disaffected youth, their already fragile existence is shattered by the arrival of a mysterious fishy package. As the smells of the sea wash over her, Coral is transported back to a traumatic childhood dominated by solitude, fear and shame. Coral was raised by silent grandparents among the stern and superstitious fishermen of the remote village of...

Silver Hill Village, 2012. On the 20th day of the seventh moon Kwok Yun is making her way across the rice fields on her bike. Her world is upturned when she sights a UFThing - a spinning plate in the sky - and helps the Westerner in distress whom she discovers in the shadow of the alien craft.

In this collection of stories, writer & filmmaker, Xiaolu Guo zooms into tender & surreal moments in the lives of lost souls and lovers, adrift between West and East. Her personal, provocative & charming fables capture the sense of alienation thrown up by life in the modern world.