
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories
A Collection of Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy in Translation From a Visionary Team of Female and Nonbinary Creators
Tor/Forge · Print & ebook · March 8, 2022
An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022 From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy.
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- Who it’s for
- A serious, cross-genre collection with translation-forward texture and an anthology pace that lingers.
- Genres
- Sci-Fi Short Stories, Fantasy Anthologies, 21st-Century Chinese Fiction
- Published
- Tor/Forge, March 8, 2022
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An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022 From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy.
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In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, or arrive at the island of the gods on the backs of giant fish to ensure that the world can bloom. Written, edited, and translated by a female and nonbinary team, these stories have never before been published in English and represent both the richly complicated past and the vivid future of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. Time travel to a winter's day on the West Lake, explore the very boundaries of death itself, and meet old gods and new heroes in this stunning new collection.
Cross-Genre Voices
A serious, cross-genre collection with translation-forward texture and an anthology pace that lingers.
Come here for
- Chinese sci-fi and fantasy in translation
- Layered short-form literary range
Expect
- Standalone stories with distinct voices
- A prestige-leaning, culture-rich read
Where it sits
| Fantasy Anthologies | 54% |
|---|---|
| Sci-Fi Short Stories | 52% |
| 21st-Century Chinese Fiction | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fantasy Anthologies
- Sci-Fi Short Stories
- 21st-Century Chinese Fiction
- Authors
- Yu Chen, Regina Kanyu Wang, Judy Yi Zhou
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge
- Published
- March 8, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Fantasy Anthologies