{"product_id":"the-speculators-other-short-stories-a-most-excellent-collection-of-supernatural-tales-in-chinese-magical-realism-9798195507152","title":"The Speculators \u0026 Other Short Stories: A Most Excellent Collection of Supernatural Tales in Chinese Magical Realism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Arthur Hsiao\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asian - Chinese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn these twelve supernatural tales set in the modern day cities of mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, we bring the reader on a modern rendition of Chinese magical realism, where stock trades and barters are made, lessons are taught, dreams are found, business agreements are struck, and justice is served.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when the supernatural intrudes on the ordinary, and the magical is entwined with the everyday - in this age of TikTok, stock market volatility, livestreaming, night shifts, and PSLE exams?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwelve stories. Twelve cities. Twelve encounters with the strange.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the highlights: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"\u003cb\u003eThe Speculators\u003c\/b\u003e\" A young professional chases his dream job at a Shanghai hedge fund, but just how far will he go?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"\u003cb\u003eSecrets of the Deep\u003c\/b\u003e\" Everyone in Dalian wants to know, how exactly did Sister Li make her fortune\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaster of the Heist\u003c\/b\u003e\" An undercover cop thinks he'd seen it all, until a mission of the type he has never come across\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"\u003cb\u003eNight Ride\u003c\/b\u003e\" A taxi driver in Hong Kong finds out a dark secret from his passenger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"\u003cb\u003eBunny Rose Cakes\u003c\/b\u003e\" A tech entrepreneur has the trip of a lifetime in Shangri-La\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreferred Vendor\u003c\/b\u003e\" A barbecue shop owner gets an order of a \u003ci\u003every\u003c\/i\u003e special kind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"\u003cb\u003eDetention\u003c\/b\u003e\" An heir in Taipei gets a lesson he never had growing up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"\u003cb\u003eBoy-Boy \u0026amp; Girl-Girl\u003c\/b\u003e\" A pair of twins in Singapore find extra help in the stressful lead-up to their PSLE exams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe uncanny does not announce itself, but often coexist with the mundane on the same plane, in the space defined by both tradition and modernity. Justice is served \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e though not always by the expected hand. Love is offered \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e though not always by the person in mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWitty, textured with motifs on the intersection of magical realism and modern society, and shot through with fascinating secrets and rich detail, these stories ask what we carry with us across time, across places, across the thin border between the world we can see and the one we cannot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor explorers of modern Chinese society \u0026amp; that of the Chinese diaspora, and for anyone who has ever felt that a world \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e just at the edge of perception \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e was out there.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882815635607,"sku":"9798195507152","price":2384.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798195507152.webp?v=1781097257","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-speculators-other-short-stories-a-most-excellent-collection-of-supernatural-tales-in-chinese-magical-realism-9798195507152","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}