The Membranes: A Novel (Modern Chinese Literature From Taiwan),New

The Membranes: A Novel (Modern Chinese Literature From Taiwan),New

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It Is The Late Twentyfirst Century, And Momo Is The Most Celebrated Dermal Care Technician In All Of T City. Humanity Has Migrated To Domes At The Bottom Of The Sea To Escape Devastating Climate Change. The World Is Dominated By Powerful Media Conglomerates And Runs On Exploited Cyborg Labor. Momo Prefers To Keep To Herself, And Anyway Shes Too Busy For Other Relationships: Her Clients Include Some Of The Citys Bestknown Media Personalities. But After Meeting Her Estranged Mother, She Begins To Explore Her True Identity, A Journey That Leads To Questioning The Bounds Of Gender, Memory, Self, And Reality.First Published In Taiwan In 1995, The Membranes Is A Classic Of Queer Speculative Fiction In Chinese. Chi Tawei Weaves Dystopian Tropesheirloom Animals, Radiationproof Combat Drones, Sinister Surveillance Technologiesinto A Sensitive Portrait Of One Young Womans Quest For Selfunderstanding. Predicting Everything From Fitness Tracking To Social Media Saturation, This Visionary And Sublime Novel Stands Out For Its Queer And Trans Themes. The Membranes Reveals The Diversity And Originality Of Contemporary Speculative Fiction In Chinese, Exploring Gender And Sexuality, Technological Domination, And Regimes Of Capital, All While Applying An Unflinching Selfreflexivity To The Readers Own Role. Ari Larissa Heinrichs Translation Brings Chis Hybrid Punk Sensibility To All Readers Interested In Books That Test The Limits Of Where Speculative Fiction Can Go.

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