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The Invisibility Cloak

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The Invisibility Cloak

An NYRB Classics Original

The hero of The Invisibility Cloak lives in contemporary Beijingâ€”where everyone is doing their best to hustle up the ladder of success while shouldering an ever-growing burden of consumer goodsâ€”and heâ€™s a loser. Well into his forties, heâ€™s divorced (and still doting on his ex), childless, and living with his sister (her husband wants him out) in an apartment at the edge of town with a crack in the wall the wind from the north blows through while he gets by, just, by making customized old-fashioned amplifiers for the occasional rich audio-obsessive. He has contempt for his clients and contempt for himself. The only things he really likes are Beethoven and vintage speakers. Then an old friend tips him off about a special jobâ€”a little risky but just donâ€™t ask too many questionsâ€”and can it really be that this hopeless loser wins?

This provocative and seriously funny exercise in the social fantastic by the brilliantly original Ge Fei, one of Chinaâ€™s finest living writers, is among the most original works of fiction to come out of China in recent years. It is sure to appeal to readers of Haruki Murakami and other fabulists of contemporary irreality.
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber unknown
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-10-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781681370200

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