{"product_id":"9781925336993","title":"Dry Milk","description":"Author: Huo Yan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925336993\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Aug 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 112\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Lee is a lonely and increasingly misanthropic Chinese migrant whohas lived in Auckland for thirty years, running a second-hand junk shop whilemaintaining a relationship of disdain with his disabled wife.\u0026amp;nbsp;When hebecomes infatuated with a young international student who lodges in theirhouse, and puts his life savings behind a scheme to export powdered milk toChina, the dubious balance with which he has held his life together comes apart,and feelings of alienation and humiliation begin to spiral out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDry Milk\u003c\/i\u003eis a work of fiction that gives a perspective on Antipodean culture unlike anyother, told from the point of view of an immigrant alienated from his new home,both its New Zealand and Chinese communities. Huo's novella is a stark portraitof social isolation, and of the experience of the emigrants that left China inthe period after the Cultural Revolution. Capturing the voice of China's post-1980sliterary generation, the book is written with an obsessive intensity thatechoes Patricia Highsmith, Elias Canetti and the short novels of ElenaFerrante.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867084771486,"sku":"ADS-9781925336993","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925336993.jpg?v=1779429518","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925336993","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}