Memoirs

VESSEL

by Cai Chongda

Description

A heart-wrenching memoir about coming-of-age, leaving home, losing family and friends, and finding one's place in the world.


Growing up in an underprivileged family, Cai Chongda’s childhood is nevertheless one of quiet happiness. Things change when his father had a stroke – Cai was still in high school. In the next eight years, Cai's only goal is to make money to pay for Dad's medical bill. Like millions of young people in China, he left home for university in Beijing, hoping to eventually find a well-paid job in the capital. He became one of the most successful young journalists in the country, yet none of the fame or money could save his father.

After his father’s death, Cai checked into a hotel room and began writing furiously. The result is VESSEL, in which he writes about his almost witch-doctor-like Nana, his mother's obsession of building her own house, and the long and tragicomic passing of his father. He also writes about childhood friends, most of which left their hometown like he did and struggled to find a place for themselves in big cities. In Cai’s own words, it’s a book about losers and survivors, generations of Chinese men and women caught in the whirlwind of manic economic growth from the 1980s to the present. VESSEL is Cai's story, but also theirs.

 

 

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Rights Information

Rights sold:


Mann, Ivanov & Ferber (Russia)
Alpha Media (Korea)
HarperVia (World English)

Marketing Information

Sold to HarperVia in a pre-empt
The phenomenal number one bestseller
Over three million copies sold in China
Film rights sold to Hong Kong superstar, Andy Lau

Author Biography

Cai Chongda (b 1982) was born in a small coastal town in the Fujian Province . At twenty seven, He became the Director of Reporting at GQ China, the youngest person to hold this position in GQ's seventeen international branches. He is the founder of Magmode, a menswear brand incubator and fashion store. VESSEL is his first book and his sold over three million copies in China.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Guomai
  • Publication Date December 2014
  • Orginal LanguageChinese simplified
  • ISBN/Identifier 9787201088945
  • Publication Country or regionChina
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 49.80 CNY
  • Pages264
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language Title皮囊
  • Original Language Authors蔡崇达
  • Copyright Year2014

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