The Stolen Bicycle
$23.56
- Paperback
396 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2019
Summary
A writer embarks on an epic quest in search of his missing father’s stolen bicycle and soon finds himself caught up in the strangely intertwined stories of Lin Wang, the oldest elephant who ever lived, the soldiers who fought in the jungles of South-East Asia during the Second World War and the secret worlds of the butterfly handicraft makers and antique bicycle fanatics of Taiwan.
The Stolen Bicycle is both a majestic historical novel and a profound, startlingly intimate med…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911231240 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1911231243 |
| Author: | Wu Ming-Yi, Darryl Sterk |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | Text Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 396 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 348g |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 198mm x 128mm |
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‘A haunting and evocative tale, beautifully told…this work will be a classic.’ Hugh Howey, author of Wool
About The Author
Wu Ming-Yi
Award-winning novelist Wu Ming-Yi is also an artist, designer, photographer, literary professor, butterfly scholar, environmental activist, traveller and blogger, and is widely considered the leading writer of his generation in his native Taiwan.
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