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02457aam a2200445 i 4500 001 F953C1F03D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230818010103 008 220921t20232023mnu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1644452359 020 $a 9781644452356 035 $a (OCoLC)1345217171 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d IG$ $d CHY $d PUL $d IaU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h chi 043 $a a-cc-hk 050 4 $a PL2968.X54 $b Y5613 2023 082 04 $a 895.13/52 $2 23 100 1 $a Xie, Xiaohong, $d 1977- $e author. 240 10 $a Ying tou mao yu yin yue xiang nu hai $l English 245 10 $a Owlish : $b a novel / $c Dorothy Tse ; translated from the Chinese by Natascha Bruce. 264 1 $a Minneapolis, Minnesota : $b Graywolf Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 217 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a In the mountainous city of Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lackluster career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition: a music box ballerina named Aliss who tantalizingly springs to life. Guided by his mysterious friend Owlish and inspired by an inexplicably familiar painting, Q embarks on an all-consuming love affair with Aliss, oblivious to the protests spreading across the city that have left his classrooms all but empty. 546 $a Translated from the Chinese. 650 0 $a College teachers $z Hong Kong $z Hong Kong $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Dolls $x Collectors and collecting $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Oppression (Psychology) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Imaginary places $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Magic $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Hong Kong (China) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Magic realist fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Dystopian fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Bruce, Natascha, $e translator. 765 08 $i Translation of: $a Xie, Xiaohong. $t Ying tou mao yu yin yue xiang nu hai. $b Chu ban. $d Tai bei shi : Bao ping wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si, 2020[minguo 109] $z 9789864061938 $w (OCoLC)1239644601 776 08 $i Online version: $a Xie, Xiaohong, 1977- $s Ying tou mao yu yin yue xiang nu hai. English. $t Owlish $d Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2023] $z 9781644452363 $w (OCoLC)1381474807 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231205012330.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022925.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F953C1F03D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search