by Justin Hill · Phoenix · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780753813201
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«The Drink and Dream Teahouse» is the contemporary fiction novel by Justin Hill, published by Phoenix in paperback (324 pages, in English).
In Shaoyang, the closure of the local factory confronts the community with the new China. The Party secretary commits suicide after leaving protest slogans, and his ashes remain in Zhu's cupboard. His neighbor Madame Fan sings opera on the balcony and seeks a husband for her daughter Peach, while Da Shan returns and falls in love with two old flames.
It won the Betty Trask Award (2001) and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (2003); the original edition was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2001.
For readers of literary fiction with an interest in contemporary China, its social transformations and choral community stories.
