Vessel : a memoir
Cai, Chongda, 1982-2022
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Cai Chongda spent his childhood in a rural fishing village in Fujian province. When his father - a former communist gang leader turned gas station owner - has a stroke that partially paralyses him, his responsibilities fall to Cai, his only son. Assuming his new role as head of the family, Cai toils alongside his mother and older sister to pay the medical bills that have become a part of a rapidly changing Chinese society. As Cai works his way through university and moves to Beijing, eventually becoming a director of GQ China, he finds his life increasingly at odds with the family he supports but has left behind. 'Vessel' neither romanticises nor condemns the people and circumstances that shaped a young man's life, but instead offers a way forward, revealing how tradition can enrich modern life.
Main title:
Vessel : a memoir / Chongda Cai ; translated by Dylan Levi King.
Author:
Cai, Chongda, 1982-, authorKing, Dylan Levi, translator
Imprint:
London : HarperVia, 2022.
Collation:
304 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Chinese.
ISBN:
9780063038011 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
951.245CHO951.245 CAI B
Language:
EnglishChinese
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BRN:
2296360
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