The man with the compound eyes / Wu Ming-Yi ; translated from Chinese by Darryl Sterk.

By:

Wu, Ming-Yi, 1971- [author.]

Language: English Original language: Chinese Publisher: London : Vintage Books, 2014Description: 301 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780099575627 (pbk.) :
0099575620

Uniform titles:

Fuyanren. English

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Summary: On the island of Wayo Wayo, every second son must leave on the day he turns fifteen as a sacrifice to the Sea God. Atile'i is one such boy, but as the strongest swimmer and best sailor, he is determined to defy destiny and become the first to survive. Alice Shih, who has lost her husband and son in a climbing accident, is quietly preparing to commit suicide in her house by the sea. But her plan is interrupted when a vast trash vortex comes crashing onto the shore of Taiwan, bringing Atile'i with it.

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Term Loan	Hockney Library Reading Zone	RC/WU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		741216643X

This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2013.

On the island of Wayo Wayo, every second son must leave on the day he turns fifteen as a sacrifice to the Sea God. Atile'i is one such boy, but as the strongest swimmer and best sailor, he is determined to defy destiny and become the first to survive. Alice Shih, who has lost her husband and son in a climbing accident, is quietly preparing to commit suicide in her house by the sea. But her plan is interrupted when a vast trash vortex comes crashing onto the shore of Taiwan, bringing Atile'i with it.

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The man with the compound eyes / Wu Ming-Yi ; translated from Chinese by Darryl Sterk.

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