Kaitlin Solimine

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Empire of GlassPaperback, 20 June 2017

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Print Length
304 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Ig Publishing
Date Published
20 Jun 2017
ISBN-10
1632460556
ISBN-13
9781632460554

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A portrait of a soul, --Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, finalist for the National Book Award

In the mid-1990s, an American teenager, named Lao K in Chinese, stands on Coal Hill, a park in Beijing, a loop of rope in her hand. Will she assist her Chinese homestay mother, Li-Ming, who is dying of cancer, in ending her life, or will she choose another path? Twenty years later, Lao K receives a book written by Li-Ming called Empire of Glass, a narrative that chronicles the lives of Li-Ming and her husband, Wang, in pre and post-revolutionary China over the last half of the twentieth century. Lao K begins translating the story, which becomes the novel we are reading. But, as translator, how can Lao K separate fact from fiction, and what will her role be in the book's final chapter?

A grand, experimental epic--Lao K's story is told in footnotes that run throughout the book--that chronicles the seismic changes in China over the last half century through the lens of one family's experiences, Empire of Glass is an investigation into the workings of human memory and the veracity of oral history that pushes the boundaries of language and form in stunning and unforgettable ways.

Kaitlin Solimine has been a Fulbright Fellow in China, and has received several scholarships, awards, and residencies for her writing, including the 2012 Dzanc Books/Disquiet International Literary Program award for an earlier draft of Empire of Glass, judged by Colson Whitehead. Her fiction has been published in Guernica, the Kartika Review, and numerous anthologies. Kaitlin is co-founder of HIPPO Reads, a network connecting academic insights and scholars to the wider public. She resides in San Francisco with her husband and daughter, where she is a 2016 SF Grotto Writing Fellow.

Product Details

Author:
Kaitlin Solimine
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
20 June 2017
Dimensions:
20.83 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
1632460556
ISBN-13:
9781632460554
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Publisher:
Weight:
294.83 gm

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