Elsewhere: 'Wonderful writing' Sarah Hall

Yan Ge's English-language debut, Elsewhere, explores isolation in nine iridescent, witty, and wondrous tales, ranging from China to Dublin to London and Stockholm. The stories are strange and beguiling, exploring dispossession, longing, and the diasporic experience.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 01 June 2023
Publisher: Faber & Faber

LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE


Wonderful writing.


Sarah Hall


Dazzlingly good.


Danielle McLaughlin


Precise,surreal and emotionally devastating.


Lucy Caldwell


How do you know this is all real and happening? How can you be sure you haven't already died in the earthquake and are just living in the afterlife?




In her highly anticipated English-language debut, Yan Ge explores isolation in nine iridescent, witty, and wondrous tales. Both contemporary and ancient, real and surreal, the stories in Elsewhere range from China to Dublin to London and Stockholm. From a group of writers lounging on the edge of a disaster zone to a Mandarin ostracised from his old court trying to avoid assassination, and from a woman who inexplicably loses her voice to a couple who meet all too fleetingly at a cinema in Dublin, these are strange and beguiling stories of dispossession, longing, and the diasporic experience.


Glorious


Mia Gallagher


Gripping, stunning, worldly, and otherworldly.


Madeleine Thien


Equal parts shimmering wit and startling emotional depth.


Jeremy Tian


One of the most surprising writers I've read in recent years.


Fantastic.


Matt Bell

Weight: 274g
Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571373116
Edition number: Main