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Author | Brian Castro |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Publication date | 1992 |
Publication place | Australia |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 145 |
ISBN | 1863732438 |
Preceded by | Double-Wolf |
Followed by | Drift |
After China is a 1992 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro. [1]
Mr You, an ex-patriate Chinese architect, has designed a strange labyrinthine hotel overlooking the ocean. While holidaying in the completed structure he meets a woman on a beach who is dying of cancer. He finds himself drawn to the woman and spins her tales of an ancient China that never existed.