Math Paper Press

BooksActually's Gold Standard 2016 is a highly anticipated new annual anthology from indie bookstore BooksActually, comprising short fiction by the best cult writers of East Asia, Southeast Asia and the diaspora. Showcasing some of the most compelling and original voices of the moment, this year's all-star collection features stories from nineteen writers. Edited by Julie Koh, whose own fiction appears in 2016's Best Australian Stories and Best Australian Comedy Writing, BooksActually's Gold ...

translated by Jeremy Tiang A bride is haunted by her dead lover on her wedding day. A medieval scholar’s act of betrayal goads his wife into murder. A fairy tale character meets his first girlfriend after a gap of many years. Alternately charming and chilling, this collection of stories from influential young Chinese writer Zhang Yueran takes a sideways look at affairs of the heart.Paperback: 208 PagesProduct Dimensions: 125 x 200 mmISBN: 9789810747787Published by Math Paper Press

Translated by Jeremy Tiang The blind woman Chun Chi has a secret. Accompanied only by her adopted son Xiao Xing and a eunuch, she lives in a crumbling house stacked with boxes of seashells. But what does she hope to gain from them? Why does she keep going out to sea? How did she lose her sight? Seeking answers, Xiao Xing goes on a quest to uncover her past, which takes him on a journey far from home and into the jungles of Java. Set in the early fifteenth century, when Ming Emperor Yongle sen...