Braised Pork

<p><b>The dreamlike story of a young woman </b><b>in contemporary Beijing </b><b>forging a different life for herself, from one of our brightest new literary stars.</b><br><br>One morning in autumn, just after breakfast, Jia Jia finds her husband dead in the bathtub of their Beijing apartment. <br><br>Next to him is a piece of folded paper, a sketch of a strange creature from his dream. He has left her no other sign. Young, alone, and with many unanswered questions, Jia Jia sets out on a journey. It takes her deep into her past where, for the very first time, she begins to have a sense of her future.<br><br><b>'Startlingly original... A portrait of alienated young womanhood as it is set free' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>'Rich and wild...it gets under your skin' <i>Observer</i></b><br><br><b>'An Yu writes with style and in a way that is hard to resist' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>'A seductive, sharply observed tale of love, loss and hope' <i>Daily Mail</i></b></p>\n\n<p><b>The dreamlike story of a young woman </b><b>in contemporary Beijing </b><b>forging a different life for herself, from one of our brightest new literary stars.</b><br><br>One morning in autumn, just after breakfast, Jia Jia finds her husband dead in the bathtub of their Beijing apartment. <br><br>Next to him is a piece of folded paper, a sketch of a strange creature from his dream. He has left her no other sign. Young, alone, and with many unanswered questions, Jia Jia sets out on a journey. It takes her deep into her past where, for the very first time, she begins to have a sense of her future.<br><br><b>'Startlingly original... A portrait of alienated young womanhood as it is set free' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>'Rich and wild...it gets under your skin' <i>Observer</i></b><br><br><b>'An Yu writes with style and in a way that is hard to resist' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>'A seductive, sharply observed tale of love, loss and hope' <i>Daily Mail</i></b></p>