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The Postman / Bi Yu ; translated from the original Chinese by Jesse Field.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Chinese Series: Penguin SpecialsPublisher: Melbourne : Penguin Books, 2020Description: 120 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0734398697
  • 9780734398697
Uniform titles:
  • Youdiyuan. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: When in 1936 a brutally tortured body of a local postman is found outside of Shanghai's St. Theresa's church, the local constable brushes off the case. Zhongliang, however, comes to find out that his father's death was no mistake. Giving up his studies, Zhongliang stumbles into a secret world where he is known as 'Catfish'. His new postman duty takes him to the streets of Shanghai where he delivers coded letters to cryptic addresses, conspires against the invading Japanese forces, falls in love, and eventually gets completely absorbed by his own sense of righteousness.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves FIC BI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001191825

When in 1936 a brutally tortured body of a local postman is found outside of Shanghai's St. Theresa's church, the local constable brushes off the case. Zhongliang, however, comes to find out that his father's death was no mistake. Giving up his studies, Zhongliang stumbles into a secret world where he is known as 'Catfish'. His new postman duty takes him to the streets of Shanghai where he delivers coded letters to cryptic addresses, conspires against the invading Japanese forces, falls in love, and eventually gets completely absorbed by his own sense of righteousness.

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