Publisher's Synopsis
Wang Anyis travelogue of Boltenhagen, a German seaside resort located on the coast of the Baltic Sea. It is a unfamiliar city where Wang is the observer/stranger. Her essays exude her nostalgia for home while observing and writing about the people, the smell, the life, and the place that is someone else's home. Wang is a prolific writer known for her novel "The Song of Everlasting Sorrow." She has been shortlisted by Man Booker International Prize in 2011. In Simplified Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.