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02123aam a2200265 a 4500 001 4AE62BD4F0C411E586D8C9C6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160323015547 008 080610s2008 onc 000 f eng 010 $a oc2012615128 020 $a 0887623824 020 $a 9780887623820 040 $a NLC $b eng $c NLC $d CDX $d G3B $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d SILO 100 1 $a Lai, Larissa, $d 1967- 245 10 $a Salt fish girl : $b a novel / $c Larissa Lai. 260 $a Toronto : $b T. Allen Publishers, $c c2008. 300 $a 369 p. ; $c 20 cm. 500 $a Salt Fish Girl is the mesmerizing tale of an ageless female character who shifts shape and form through time and place. Told in the beguiling voice of a narrator who is fish, snake, girl, and woman - all of whom must struggle against adversity for survival - the novel is set alternately in nineteenth-century China and in a futuristic Pacific Northwest. At turns whimsical and wry, Salt Fish Girl intertwines the story of Nu Wa, the shape-shifter, and that of Miranda, a troubled young girl living in the walled city of Serendipity circa 2044. Miranda is haunted by traces of her mother?s glamourous cabaret career, the strange smell of durian fruit that lingers about her, and odd tokens reminiscient of Nu Wa. Could Miranda be infected by the Dreaming Disease that makes the past leak into the present? Framed by a playful sense of magical realism, Salt Fish Girl reveals a futuristic Pacific Northwest where corporations govern cities, factory workers are cybernetically engineered, middle-class labour is a video game, and those who haven?t sold out to commerce and other ills must fight the evil powers intent on controlling everything. Rich with ancient Chinese mythology and cultural lore, this remarkable novel is about gender, love, honour, intrigue, and fighting against oppression. 650 0 $a Space and time $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Shapeshifting $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Science fiction. 655 0 $a Fantasy fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20160323015937.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4AE62BD4F0C411E586D8C9C6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search