Publisher's Synopsis
Wang Anyi's novel A Knife, A Thousand Words takes the extraordinary growth experience of a famous Huaiyang chef as the narrative clue. He was born in a land of ice and snow in the northeast, but his memory began in the pavilion where he was brought to Shanghai as a sojourner because of refuge. A knife, from whom does the story start? Thousands of words, where do you end? The knife is delicate and the writing is deep. In the tension of human fireworks, interrogation, speculation continuously excavate human nature.
