Description: Originally published in China in 2009 and appearing in English for the first time, Liu Zhenyun's award-winning Someone to Talk To follows two men living seventy years apart who in their loneliness and struggle to find meaningful personal connections highlight the contours of everyday life in pre- and post-Mao China.
Review Quotes: (Starred Review) "A chronicle of lives of quiet desperation lived half a world away, understated and thoughtful, cheerless without being morose."-- "Kirkus Reviews"