Massage: A Novel: China Library

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A stunning portrait of disability and the strength of human character. Wang Daifu is a sought-after blind practitioner of tuina, traditional pressure-point massage. His is a uniquely coveted skill, yet it is one of the few options open to the visually impaired in China. When he loses all his savings on the stock market, he returns to his provincial hometown to rebuild his life. His fiancUe Xiao Kong accompanies him, but pressure quickly builds in their relationship as expectations collide, leading to choices that Wang Daifu never thought he would have to make.

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Bi Feiyu was born in 1964 in Jiangsu proviince, China. Previously an editor for the literary magazine Yu Hua and a journalist at Nanjing Daily, he is a two-time winner of the Lu Xun Literary Prize. Massage won the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2011 and was successfully adapted for film in 2014, winning several awards at the Golden Horse Awards and the Asian Film Awards.