At first glance, the Li family looks like any other: one grumpy grandfather, two overworked parents, four siblings, and one small house for them all to live in. Still, with a journalist in the mix, its members can hardly hide their countless misfortunes. Xiaohan, the youngest daughter, shares her
Wild Fruit: A Novel
โ Scribed by Sheng Keyi
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Australia; Viking
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 476 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- North Sydney, New South Wales
- ISBN
- 1760144851
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โฆ Synopsis
Xiaohan, the youngest daughter, shares her family's unconventional life and exposes the depth of what it means to live in contemporary China today. Through sketches dedicated to each person in the Li clan, she shows how those close to her are forced to find new ways to survive, like wild fruit falling from a tree.
โฆ Subjects
Chinese fiction -- 21st century
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