Land of Big Numbers
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'Te-Ping Chen's Land of Big Numbers contains 10 illuminating, sharp
stories set in China, penned by a former investigative reporter who
worked in Beijing for several years' The Independent'In this
magnificent collection of stories, the author and former
Beijing-based correspondent vividly captures the desires and losses
of a richly drawn cast while drawing on the realities of
contemporary China' CosmopolitanA dazzling debut collection which,
deftly and urgently, tells the stories of those living in the
biggest and most complicated country on earth. A brother competes
for gaming glory while his twin sister exposes the dark side of the
Communist government on her underground blog, a worker at a
government call centre is alarmed one day to find herself speaking
to a former lover, a delicious new fruit arrives at the
neighbourhood market and the locals find it starts to affect their
lives in ways they could never have imagined, and a young woman's
dreams of making it big in Shanghai are stalled when she finds
herself working as a florist. These are just some of the myriad
lives to be evoked in The Land of Big Numbers, a collection of
stories which - sometimes playfully, sometimes darkly - draws back
the curtain on the realities of modern China and unveils a cast of
characters as rich and complicated as any in world literature.With
virtuosic brilliance, Te-ping Chen sheds light on a country much
talked about but little understood and announces the birth of a
bright new star in the literary firmament. ",A spectacular work,
comic, timely, profound. Te-Ping Chen has a superb eye for detail
in a China where transformation occurs simultaneously too fast and
too slow for lives in pursuit of meaning in a brave new world.Her
characters are achingly alive. It's rare to read a collection so
satisfying, where every story adds to a gripping and intricate
world.", Madeleine Thien, author of the Booker-shortlisted Do Not
Say We Have Nothing ",Te-Ping Chen shows us how much life, loss,
and quiet pleasure exists in the world, just out of view.",
Alexandra Kleeman
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Simon & Schuster Ltd ,
Chen Te-Ping
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Chen Te-Ping
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