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THE STOLEN BICYCLE
The long-awaited new novel by the author THE MAN WITH THE COMPOUND EYES. Instant No.1 bestseller with over 10,000 copies sold.
However I tell the story I want to tell, bicycles have to play important roles. Especially stolen bicycles. Iron horses have influenced the fate of our entire family,' my mother used to say. I would describe my mother as a historical materialist: to her, there are no Great Men, no heroes, no bombing of Pearl Harbor. All she remembers is seemingly trivial, but to her fateful, matters like bicycles going missing. For her fate is an article of faith, and life is what happens to you, not what you do.
Cheng, a novelist, once wrote a book about his father's childhood and his disappeared twenty years ago. One day he receives a reader's email asking whether his father's bicycle disappeared as well. Perplexed and amused, Cheng decides to track down the bicycle, which was stolen years ago. The journey takes him to a scavenger's treasure trove, the mountain home of an aboriginal photographer, deep into the secret world of antique bicycle collectors, and ultimately to his own heart. The result is an intimate portrait of a Taiwanese family, a history of the bicycle industry, and a collage of magical, heart-wrenching stories from various characters in the novel.
Told in the same warm and clear voice that made The Man with the Compound Eyes such a literary favourite, Wu Ming-Yi's new novel combines historical fiction and his unique brand of magical realism to create a stunning work of art.
Wu Ming-Yi (b.1971) is a writer, artist, professor, and environmental activist. Widely considered the leading writer of his generation, he has won the China Times Open Book Award five times and his works have been translated into nine languages. He teaches literature at National Dong Hwa University.
Cheng, a novelist, once wrote a book about his father's childhood and his disappeared twenty years ago. One day he receives a reader's email asking whether his father's bicycle disappeared as well. Perplexed and amused, Cheng decides to track down the bicycle, which was stolen years ago. The journey takes him to a scavenger's treasure trove, the mountain home of an aboriginal photographer, deep into the secret world of antique bicycle collectors, and ultimately to his own heart. The result is an intimate portrait of a Taiwanese family, a history of the bicycle industry, and a collage of magical, heart-wrenching stories from various characters in the novel.
Told in the same warm and clear voice that made The Man with the Compound Eyes such a literary favourite, Wu Ming-Yi's new novel combines historical fiction and his unique brand of magical realism to create a stunning work of art.
Wu Ming-Yi (b.1971) is a writer, artist, professor, and environmental activist. Widely considered the leading writer of his generation, he has won the China Times Open Book Award five times and his works have been translated into nine languages. He teaches literature at National Dong Hwa University.
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Published 2023-05-11 by Rye Field |