Get Weird Book Club: Strange Beasts of China

Get Weird Book Club: Strange Beasts of China

Meeting virtually on the last Wednesday of the month to read and discuss all things strange, surreal, unconventional and unexpected.

By Austin Public Library

Date and time

Wednesday, August 28 · 4 - 5pm PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • 1 hour

Join us Wednesday, August 28th to discuss Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge!

Recommended for ages 18 and up.

Please register on Eventbrite to attend. On the day of the event, your book club moderator will use your registration info to email you a reminder and a Microsoft Teams meeting link.

Book Synopsis: In the fictional Chinese city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures live alongside humans in near-inconspicuousness—save their greenish skin, serrated earlobes, and strange birthmarks. Aided by her elusive former professor and his enigmatic assistant, our narrator sets off to document each beast, and is slowly drawn deeper into a mystery that threatens her very sense of self.

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