After China
After China is a 1992 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.
Plot summary
Mr You, an ex-patriate Chinese architect, has designed a strange labyrinthine hotel overlooking the ocean. While holidaying in the completed structure he meets a woman on a beach who is dying of cancer. He finds himself drawn to the woman and spins her tales of an ancient China that never existed.Reviews
- ''The Canberra Times''
Awards and nominations
- 1993 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
- 1993 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Fiction
- 1993 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award