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A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing: A Novel
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A 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.Qianze 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 callthere is a man on the porch of her childhood home, and hes asking for her. This man isnt the Ba Qianze remembers: he is much older, more fragile, and worst of all, haunted by a halfforgotten prophecy.While Qianze wrestles with what she owes this nearstranger, Ba begins telling stories of his past. From his bloody days as a Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution to his mothers 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 visionsfox spirits trail her on her evening commute, a terrifying jackalope stalks her nightmares, and the looming prophecy slinks ever closer.Spanning 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 Yangs debut novel is a story of family and forgiveness, of folklore and fate, that will leave you unsettled and undone.
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