Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge by Ge, Yan

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A New York Times Editors' Choice "Luminous and beguiling . . ."— The Washington Post "Magical Realism at its best . . ."— The Wall Street Journal From one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful novel that blurs the line between human and beast… In the fictional Chinese city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures live alongside humans in near-inconspicuousness—save their gr