{"product_id":"a-beast-slinks-towards-beijing","title":"A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Epic in scope, written with dauntless power and grace, \u003cem\u003eA Beast Slinks Towards Beijing\u003c\/em\u003e offers an unflinching look at the legacies that continue to haunt one family through a century of reckoning. Alice Evelyn Yang's richly threaded novel sings with artful prose and unforgettable storytelling, reminding us of the promise of redemption, even amid the dark consequences of violence. This is a book that will stir you to your core.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Thao Thai, author of Banyan Moon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dark, magical realist debut family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution, and the present day to explore the effects of intergenerational trauma, the legacy of colonialism, and the inescapability of fate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQianze has not seen her father in eleven years, since he walked out of her life the night of her fourteenth birthday and disappeared without a trace. But then she gets a call--there is a man on the porch of her childhood home, and he's asking for her. This man isn't the Ba Qianze remembers: he is much older, more fragile, and worst of all, haunted by a half-forgotten prophecy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Qianze wrestles with what she owes this near-stranger, Ba begins telling stories of his past. From his bloody days as a Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution to his mother's youth under Japanese occupation, he circles around the prophecy he came to deliver. Qianze has always longed to know more about her family history, but as Ba reveals a past far darker than she could have imagined, she finds herself plagued by strange visions--fox spirits trail her on her evening commute, a terrifying jackalope stalks her nightmares, and the looming prophecy slinks ever closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning decades and continents, A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing employs a combination of stunningly rendered folklore and atmospheric prose to examine the legacy of colonialism through the eyes of three generations. Alice Evelyn Yang's debut novel is a story of family and forgiveness, of folklore and fate, that will leave you unsettled and undone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice Evelyn Yang \u003c\/strong\u003eis a Chinese American writer from Norfolk, Virginia. Her work has been published in \u003cem\u003eMQR, \u003c\/em\u003eAAWW's \u003cem\u003eThe Margins\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. She is the recipient of the 2022-23 Jesmyn Ward Prize from \u003cem\u003eMQR \u003c\/em\u003eand completed her MFA in Fiction in 2022 at Columbia University, where she was awarded the Felipe De Alba Fellowship and nominated for the Henfield Prize. This is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice Evelyn Yang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899937460509,"sku":"9780063419292","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780063419292.jpg?v=1769795382","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/a-beast-slinks-towards-beijing","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}