Bibliograph

Vessel, a memoir, Cai Chongda ; translated from the Chinese by Dylan Levi King

Type

Label

Vessel, a memoir, Cai Chongda ; translated from the Chinese by Dylan Levi King

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Vessel

Oclc number

1221013900

Responsibility statement

Cai Chongda ; translated from the Chinese by Dylan Levi King

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

"An unprecedented and heartfelt memoir that illuminates the lives of rural Chinese workers, offering a portrait of generational strife, family, love, and loss that crosses cultures and time. Cai Chongda spent his childhood in a rural fishing village in Fujian province. When his father-a former communist gang leader turned gas station owner-has a stroke that partially paralyzes him, his responsibilities fall to Cai, his only son. Assuming his new role as head of the family, Cai toils alongside his mother and older sister to pay the medical bills that have become a part of a rapidly changing Chinese society. As Cai works his way through university and moves to Beijing, eventually becoming a director of GQ China, he finds his life increasingly at odds with the family he supports but has left behind. Like The Glass Castle and Hillbilly Elegy, Vessel neither romanticizes nor condemns the people and circumstances that shaped a young man's life, but instead offers a way forward, revealing how tradition can enrich modern life."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Vessel -- My Mother's House -- Frailty -- Christmas in the ICU -- Friends in High Places -- Bella Zhang -- Tiny and Tiny -- Wenzhan -- Hope -- You can't hide the ocean -- A Thousand Identical Cities -- The Question We All Must Answer Eventually -- Homecoming -- Where is this train going?

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