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Salt Fish Girl - by Larissa Lai (Paperback)

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  • Salt Fish Girl is the mesmerizing tale of an ageless female character who shifts shape and form through time and place.
  • Author(s): Larissa Lai
  • 288 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, LGBT

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About the Book



Salt Fish Girl is the mesmerizing tale of an ageless female character who shifts shape and form through time and place.



Book Synopsis



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.



Review Quotes




Salt Fish Girl is a well written and highly inventive novel.-- "Georgia Straight"

A particularly acute pleasure.-- "The Advocate"

A remarkable debut. It is a magical book.-- "Books in Canada"

Lai has an excellent command of structure making the complex storytelling seem effortless, and the book is full of startling insights into dysfunctional human behaviour.-- "The Calgary Herald"

Majestically written, with wild but contained imagery.-- "Vancouver Sun"

She sweeps our imagination with the flick of a fox's tail, the gleam of an eye.-- "Hiromi Goto"
Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .7 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 288
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: LGBT
Publisher: Thomas Allen Publishers
Theme: Lesbian
Format: Paperback
Author: Larissa Lai
Language: English
Street Date: June 17, 2008
TCIN: 82938827
UPC: 9780887623820
Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-8125
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.7 pounds
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