Tales from Beijing‘s western suburbs

Beijing and Huajie Street remain important arenas for the narrative creativity of the great Chinese writer Xiu Zichen, winner of the Maodon Prize in Literature, and this collection of short stories provides an account of the difficult conditions and living conditions of young people who came to Beijing from Huajie Street. Despite the harshness of life that these young people suffer in this area of ​​the western suburb of Beijing, which is foreign to them, they are always full of enthusiasm and hope, and they do not know how to give up despite all the ambiguity surrounding their future in this bustling city, in which every part is a separate world. Where no one cares about your alienation and worries; But just when you think you are alone, everyone fills your life: as if you are everyone, and everyone is you. The collection includes nine stories: "Above the Roof," "Round Wheels," "The Mythical Monkey with Six Ears," "Adult Rituals," "Invisible City," "A Dog Barks All Day!", "The Prince of Morocco," and "What If the ice closes the door" and "my brother".